| CHILDCARE workers union United Voice says in the 12 months to April 2012, childcare fees rose from an average of 63.21 to 70.29 a day. United Voice assistant national secretary Sue Lines says families need affordable, quality early childhood education and care, with a professional workforce to deliver it. Karen Jackman, a parent and editor of parenting newspaper and website KindyNews, said the pressures on parents are massive, while childcare centres and kindergartens worked very hard to provide the best quality care they can for children, sometimes under difficult conditions. "Working parents tell us all the time about the pressures they are under to meet rising costs of childcare," she said. "It is also very difficult for the child care providers as wages still remain low compared to other professions despite carrying huge a responsibility caring for young children." Minister for Childcare Kate Ellis says the government is providing record levels of financial support, investing 22.3 billion in early childhood education and care over the next four years and shouldering about half of any increases in fees. The ACT topped the list for the most expensive childcare at $82.43 a day - up nine per cent. | 
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6/7/2012 04:42:40 pm
As Project Manager for 2 Flood Recovery Vans funded through FaCHSIA travelling throughout the state i was wondering if you would like to feature an article that has been recently published in ECTA and Brisbane Child in regard to the stories gatthered by our ECE workers dealing with flood-affected communities and helping them in their recovery efforts in a fun and relaxed way. 3/24/2013 08:36:47 pm
We should mould our children in a way that he would be an asset to the country in the future. Children are the new society and the future of our nation. So if we don’t mold them in a proper way they are going to be a curse for the society. 11/28/2013 03:08:05 am
We all tend to explain, comment on, or even assess a topic of study in an oral or mostly written form at all the colleges we study in from time to time. We may use free essays online that would be a reasonable issue for the next few generations of students. Our educational system is generally influenced by all spheres of human life as well as politics and science. But luckily high-technologies are getting more sophisticated. Leave a Reply. |
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