Here’s the latest data and why more early childhood education centres than ever are agreeing to pay teachers at full ‘pay parity’ wage rates.
More early childhood education centres than ever before have agreed to pay teachers at the full pay parity salary rates, the latest attestation data released by the Ministry of Education shows.
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