Liberals Plan To Blow Current Educator-to-Child Ratios To 1:50 - Aussie Childcare Network
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The recent proposal by the NSW Liberal Party to drastically cut the number of qualified educators in the early childhood education and care sector has...

In a speech in NSW Parliament’s upper house yesterday, Ms Munro bluntly stated that regulations on ratios should change to cut costs in the sector.

“There are ways we can make childcare cheaper. We can change the regulations around educators who are childcare providers,” she said.

“We don’t need five or six highly educated people to look after 50 kids. Maybe we need one.”

This is a stark contrast to the current National Quality Framework, which mandates a maximum ratio of one educator for 10 children over three years old.

  • TheCriticalMember@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Or, another idea - we stop subsidising private schools and only give public money to public schools? I don’t think the private school down the road really needs a fifth auditorium while the kids at the public school are sitting in the library for science class because there’s literally nobody to teach it. But I guess we don’t want the poors getting educated, can’t have my landlords little princes and princesses competing with the peasant class for jobs.

    I swear if anyone tells me they’re voting LNP I’m going to have a really hard time not just punching them in the face.

    • Nath@aussie.zoneMEnglish
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      2 months ago

      we stop subsidising private schools and only give public money to public schools?

      I’ve always disliked this idea. I’m the product of public education and my kids are in public schools as well. I believe every kid has a right to government funding toward their education. If a rich family wants to spend fees above and beyond the government allotment so their kid goes to school with a swimming pool or rowing team, I am ok with it. Those kids shouldn’t lose their government education funds because they come from wealth. They are still citizens and have the same entitlement.

      Besides, if the million kids currently in private education suddenly turned up at their local schools tomorrow to enroll in the public system, they would totally break it.

      • vividspecter@lemm.eeEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Besides, if the million kids currently in private education suddenly turned up at their local schools tomorrow to enroll in the public system, they would totally break it.

        You phase it out gradually, not immediately cut it in one go. That is of course challenging, because changing a system isn’t just about the end goal, but how you get there. Ultimately though, the abolishment of private education, childcare, and healthcare should be the end goal, as they are all essential services that shouldn’t be left to the whims of the market.