{"id":23670,"date":"2023-11-24T16:10:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T04:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oece.nz\/?p=23670"},"modified":"2024-02-11T09:41:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T21:41:15","slug":"election-2023-promises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oece.nz\/public\/information\/political\/election-2023-promises\/","title":{"rendered":"Election 2023: Coalition Agreements and Political Party Policies Relevant to ECE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Contents<\/strong> All 3 parties forming the new government in 2023 have agreed that “the Coalition Government will make decisions that are lifting educational achievement so that every child has opportunity to get a world class education<\/strong><\/em>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The agreements that the National Party has separately with the Act party and NZ First contain little mention of early childhood education specifically. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Act and National agree in their Coalition Agreement to: <\/p>\n\n\n\n National has not agreed to support Act on its policy to change the B4 School Checks to include educational achievement tests and take funding from ECEs whose children consistently fail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n NZ First and National agree in their Coalition Agreement to: <\/p>\n\n\n\n National has not agreed to support NZ First’s policies on ECE (see below). <\/p>\n\n\n\n Erica Stanford \u2013 Minister for Education Most parties have focused on ‘childcare’, funding, and regulations in the lead up to General Election on 14 October 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There is little to nothing offered specifically yet by Labour and National to Homebased ECE, Playcentre, and k\u014dhanga. Te P\u0101ti M\u0101ori is the only party to have policy on k\u014dhanga reo. NZ First supports parent-child relationships and endorses the Playcentre dual model of ECE and parent education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n ACT has promised to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n (Note that “teaching to the test” is not consistent with and goes against the early childhood curriculum Te Wh\u0101riki<\/strong><\/a><\/em>. ACT may not be aware that the B4 School Checks are not a legal requirement for ECE services to provide onsite, parents can refuse to have their child undergo the testing, and not all children are enrolled with a public health organisation to access the B4 School Chec<\/a>k<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n New Zealand First is committed to inclusive early childhood education (ECE) that is accessible to all within safe, nurturing and stimulating environments. It will urgently review the funding model for Playcentre and their dual role as early childhood education role models and as centres that can make parents better parents. It is most concerned about the loss of access to education providers for our rural and isolated communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n NZ First has promised to: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Labour has promised to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Labour is likely to continue with its Early Learning Action Plan (though it has struggled to reach many of its goals – for example it dropped plans for regulating for 80% ECE qualified teachers and said it would re-look at this in the next parliamentary term<\/em>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n National has not provided an election manifesto for ECE, but it has said it will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. What’s in the Coalition Agreements of relevance to ECE?
2. Who are the new Ministers with portfolios relevant to the ECE Sector, to Children, Teacher Training, and Workplace relations and safety?
3. What did the main political parties promise going into the 2023 general election? <\/p>\n\n\n\n1. What’s in the Coalition Agreements of relevance to ECE? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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2. Who are the new ministers with portfolios relevant to the Early Childhood Sector, to Children, Teacher Training, and Employment? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Lousie Upston – Minister for Child Poverty Reduction
Karen Chhour \u2013 Minister for Children
Nicola Willis – Minister of Finance
Nicola Willis – Minister for the Public Service
Penny Simmonds – Minister for Tertiary Education and Skills
David Seymour \u2013 Minister for Regulation
Brooke van Velden – Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety <\/p>\n\n\n\n3. What did the main political parties promise ECE going into the 2023 general election? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
ACT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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NZ First<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Labour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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National<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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