Substantial decline in the number of ECEs downgraded or closed for non-compliance with regulations, why?
The political environment likely impacted on the Ministry of Education and its enforcement of regulations and rules in 2024. We discovered a 53% reduction in provisional licences issued to ECE services in the second half of 2024 even though t
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