
Early Childhood Sector Confidence Survey Results 2024
The OECE’s annual confidence survey provides a gauge of the state of New Zealand’s early childhood education (ECE) sector and outlook. Each year 1,000 early

The OECE’s annual confidence survey provides a gauge of the state of New Zealand’s early childhood education (ECE) sector and outlook. Each year 1,000 early

The annual confidence survey provides a gauge of the state of New Zealand’s early childhood education sector and outlook. Each year, 1,000 people in the

Each year, the Office of Early Childhood Education (OECE) surveys confidence in the early childhood education (ECE) sector. The results provide a gauge of the

Results of a survey on the mandatory vaccination of the early childhood education workforce.

The ECE Sector Confidence Survey 2021 shows that confidence in the government has slipped. There seems to be a new wave of despondency through the

Here are the findings on the quality of ECE for children from the perspective of teachers from the 2020 ECE Quality and Employment Survey. The

This report on staff pay and teacher retention reports on data taken from the 2020 ECE Quality and Employment Survey. It answers nine questions: The

Covid-19 Early Childhood Education Sector Views – risks cannot yet be well managed in ECE and distance education is an unsuitable substitute for ECE. Report

ECE Sector Confidence Survey 2019 Report prepared by Dr Sarah Alexander. See also a Stuff article “Teachers just trying to survive“. More than 200,000 babies and

The Confidence and Funding Survey was run to find out: Whether the government is taking early childhood education in the right direction. If things are

Teaching Staff Endorsement of ECE Service Quality. Introduction It goes without saying that the early childhood sector is a major part of NZ’s infrastructure –

This is a report of findings related to workplace safety from the 2014 ECE Quality and Employment Survey. More than 700 people took part in

NZEI Te Riu Roa – Who Joins, Their Experiences, and the Benefits of Membership We are the union for early childhood teachers and support staff

Teachers’ Views on Quality in their Early Childhood Service for Children in 2014. By Warwick Marshall and Karen Payne. Executive Summary. A nationwide survey of

Sector Confidence in the Government and Ratings of its Performance. May 20, 2014. About the Survey. The survey was conducted online over one week in

Early Childhood Education has been something of a hot potato for political parties in recent years with the introduction and subsequent tweaking of the 20

This story uncovers how a chemical‑burn incident at a Kindercare centre was not just a one‑off mistake but the result of systemic failures in safety, oversight, and regulation. See how both WorkSafe and the Ministry of Education allowed these risks to go unchecked, and what it means for children’s safety in ECE.

The ECE funding review proposals shift money toward large commercial daycare, cuts pay parity, reshapes equity funding, and overlooks quality, affordability, and small service sustainability.

The Auditor‑General has confirmed what the Office of Early Childhood Education (OECE) uncovered last year: the Government’s Free Food in Early Childhood Education Programme was built on a flawed contracting process that left only one organisation, KidsCan, in a position to receive the $8 million grant.

The Government’s promised “red tape reduction” is having the opposite effect in early childhood education the new compliance enforcement regime is longer, slower, and shifts more cost and responsibility onto services. This analysis explains exactly what has changed, why it matters for providers, and how the new system reshapes compliance, risk, and regulatory action across the ECE sector.
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