Wednesday 15 June 2022 04:37 PM Millions of children in NSW and Victoria to receive extra year of early ... trends now
View
comments
Millions of children across NSW and Victoria will receive an additional year of education in a major overhaul that will see 'pre-Kindergarten' introduced.
The policy will be brought in to improve education standards across both states and see students score higher paying jobs after leaving school.
The extra year of classes will see children attend five days a week for free and will cost the NSW state government an estimated $5.8billion over the next decade, and Victoria $9billion.
Millions of children across NSW and Victoria will receive an additional year of preschool education in a major overhaul to early childcare (pictured, preschool students in Sydney)
The policy will also take pressure off families paying for childcare in the year before school by increasing free preschool from three to five days per week.
Up to 130,000 children are expected to enrol in the the NSW pre-Kindergarten classes by 2030, which are not compulsory, the Daily Telegraph reports.
Premier Dominic Perrottet said the
