Press releases and articles

An overview of ECE centre closures and new services opened in July 2024.

The Education Review Office has announced they’ve stopped referring Early Childhood Education services to the Ministry of Education for licence reclassification, which can lead to service closures through licence suspension or cancellation.

The Early Childhood Council has welcomed the decision to grant a stay of cancellation of licence so that Manawatu’s Country Kindy can continue operating for 12 weeks while their appeal progresses, and alleged issues can be resolved.

The ball is in the Ministry of Education’s court to listen to the Manawatu community and allow Country Kindy to remain open while any outstanding curriculum issues are addressed.

A rural Manawatu early childhood centre is set to lose its operating licence on Monday for alleged breaches of regulations, in a long-running case of the Ministry of Education singling out a vibrant centre with strong community support, according to the Early Childhood Council. The Ministry points, primarily, to alleged breaches of curriculum regulations.

Spiralling relief teacher agency fees can be quickly brought down by excluding Early Childhood Education relief teachers employed in agencies from Pay Parity, say the Early Childhood Council.