More than 2,200 preschool children across Gippsland will benefit from a national funding boost of $400 million announced by the Federal Government.<\/p>\n
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester said the funding would provide 15 hours a week of quality early learning in the year before the children begin school.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know that a quality preschool education lays the foundations for a successful transition to full-time school and future learning success,\u201d Mr Chester said.<\/p>\n
\u201cGippsland preschools will share an additional $2.9 million from the Federal Government to make sure they provide the best possible educational opportunities for local children.\u201d<\/p>\n
Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the Government had extended the National Partnership Agreement on Universal Access to Early Childhood Education.<\/p>\n
\u201cBetween our $427.8 million this year and $440 million in 2019 for preschools as well as our overhaul of the child care system and $2.5 billion extra investment, the Turnbull Government\u2019s commitment to early childhood education and care and is clear,\u201d Minister Birmingham said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe challenge we now need to confront is that for all of the funding support, more than a quarter of children enrolled for preschool aren\u2019t attending for the full 15 hours.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat means some children in the earliest years of education are starting behind the pack.<\/p>\n
\u201cStates must find ways to motivate the parents of educationally vulnerable preschoolers to both enrol and attend, otherwise we risk a lost generation of children who start school too far behind their counterparts.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis extension of the National Partnership gives us time to work through these issues and develop an enduring policy beyond 2019 that ensures children are not just enrolling, but attending and benefiting from preschool programs in readiness for school.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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