Early Childhood Education
Childcare centre investigated weeks before fatal accident
An Auckland childcare centre was the subject of an anonymous complaint just weeks before a four-year-old boy died in an accident on its playground equipment.
Push for funding increase for early childhood sector
An early childhood teacher union is launching a campaign for increased government funding for the sector today. Audio
NZEI campaigns for higher ECE funding
The union for early childhood teachers says the quality of their service is at risk due to government funding reductions, and is calling for more money. Audio
Parenting: the transition to school
Any transition in life takes some adjustment and one of the earliest is our first experience of going to school. So what does a successful integration from pre-school or other early childhood… Audio
Don’t feel guilty… but you short-changed readers
Last weekend's Sunday Star Times had a front page headline to alarm parents of young children: "Don't feel guilty, but childcare endangers kids". But those who paid to read all about it in the paper… Audio
High drop out rate from ECE project
There's been a high drop out rate from a flagship government project for enrolling children from poor families in early childhood education. Audio
Rotorua programme gets vulnerable kids into education
A programme to get vulnerable children into early childhood education has been even more successful than hoped. Audio
Rotorua programme schools kids and parents
A programme to get vulnerable children in Rotorua into early childhood education is exceeding expectations.
Childcare centres: quantity over quality?
New figures show a boom in new early childhood education services in Auckland, but the quality of some providers is being questioned.
Quarter of ECE teachers don't want their child at their centre
Child Forum, a non-profit organisation focussed on early childhood education and research, surveyed 600 teachers nationwide about their workplaces. A quarter of them said would not be happy to have… Audio
Early childhood education quality questioned
Only half of early childhood education providers are doing a good job with children under the age of three, the Education Review Office says.