Here are the findings on the quality of ECE for children from the perspective of teachers from the 2020 ECE Quality, Safety, and Workforce Survey.
This article explains why male teachers must be able to carry out all caregiving tasks, including nappy changing, and sets out how men can respond if an employer says they cannot, and how services can respond when parents request “only female staff.”
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.
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