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.

  • vividspecter@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 month 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.