Millions of children across the country NSW And in a major change, Victoria will get an extra year of education with the introduction of ‘pre-kindergarten’.
The policy will be brought to improve education standards in both the states and students will get high paying jobs after leaving school.
Children will attend extra-year classes for free five days a week and will cost the state government an estimated $5.8 billion over the next decade.
Millions of children in NSW and Victoria will receive an additional year of pre-school education in a major change to early childcare (pre-school students in Sydney).
Premier Dominic Perot (pictured while visiting an early education center in Sydney on Monday) said the new program would see children flourish in NSW
The policy will reduce pressure on families paying for childcare in the year before school by increasing the free preschool to three to five days per week.
By 2030, 130,000 children are expected to be enrolled in pre-kindergarten classes, which are not compulsory. daily Telegraph report.
Premier Dominic Perot said the event would help develop children in NSW.
“This is an incredible improvement that will transform the lives of children across the state and provide enormous educational benefits for children while securing a bright future for NSW families,” said the premier.
‘We are ensuring the development of our youngest learners by starting a full year of pre-school education before kindergarten.’
The state government will spend $54 million to build a model for how the week’s classes will be taught to pre-kindergarten students.
NSW Treasurer Matt Keane said parents across the state can expect ‘inter-generational consequences for our children and the economy’.
This policy is expected to be the most efficient way to promote falling education standards, a similar model experiencing great success in Canada.
When it comes to reforming NSW education, Mr Keane described the extra year of education as the closest to the ‘silver bullet’.
The policy will also provide five days of free childcare, an additional two out of three currently enjoyed by families in NSW (pictured, children at an early education center in Sydney)
This policy is expected to be the most efficient way to promote falling education standards, with a similar model experiencing great success in Canada.
The new policy is expected to be at the center of next week’s state budget, which the treasurer said was focused on ‘investing in a better future’.
Education Minister Sarah Mitchell indicated the classes would be “sports-based learning” and said she was pushing for an additional year of education given her success in Canada, where 90 percent of households enroll.
The Victorian Government is expected to follow along with NSW and on Thursday announced a pre-kindergarten program of its own.
In a joint statement, the premier said the new policy was “the biggest transformation of elementary education in a generation”.