NT Government Department of Education Annual Report 2017-18 Department of Education Annual Report 2017-18 | Page 15

SUPPORTING CHILDREN’S
ATTENDANCE IN PRESCHOOL
AND TRANSITION TO SCHOOLING
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We established partnerships with families, communities
and service providers to create holistic, individualised
services to provide positive and engaging experiences in
early learning.
DRIVING IMPROVEMENT IN
QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION THROUGH
REGULATORY PROCESSES
INTEGRATING
EARLY CHILDHOOD SERVICES
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full version of the 2017-18 Annual Report.
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It is our priority to continue to improve the quality of
early childhood education and care services across the
Northern Territory by ensuring regulated early childhood
services operate in a way that safeguards children’s
health, safety and wellbeing.
Every child can access a free preschool program for
15 hours per week under the National Partnership
Agreement on Universal Access to Early Childhood
Education in the year before they commence full-time
schooling. We provided access to 15 hours of preschool
per week for children aged from four years in urban areas
and from three years in remote and very remote areas.
Annual Report 2017-18 / Chapter 2
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