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22/05/2013
Pre-School Improvement Proposals Laid Out
Proposals for improving the quality of pre-school services have been unveiled by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.
The Fine Gael TD, Frances Fitzgerald, said: “As Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, driving the early childhood care and education quality agenda is one of my key objectives. I believe we can achieve this objective by taking a number of steps which my Department, in conjunction with the Department of Education and Skills, has been examining.
The proposed steps include:
• enhancing the support available to individual pre-school services in implementing Síolta and Aistear.
• adapting the existing pre-school inspection system to provide an early education inspection and assessment system, similar to that in place for primary schools.
• reviewing the professional training system for early education practitioners to ensure that it has the capability to deliver accessible and affordable training of appropriate quality at the required standards.
Between September 2011 and May 2012 a ‘Joint Pilot Inspection of Early Years Services’ was carried out by the HSE, as part of the governments efforts for a more comprehensive inspection regime, which the minister said would lead to a “greater focus on children’s outcomes, including in relation to educational development and child wellbeing.”
The minister added: “This Joint Inspection pilot will inform the proactive approach being taken by my Department.”
(MH/CD)
The Fine Gael TD, Frances Fitzgerald, said: “As Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, driving the early childhood care and education quality agenda is one of my key objectives. I believe we can achieve this objective by taking a number of steps which my Department, in conjunction with the Department of Education and Skills, has been examining.
The proposed steps include:
• enhancing the support available to individual pre-school services in implementing Síolta and Aistear.
• adapting the existing pre-school inspection system to provide an early education inspection and assessment system, similar to that in place for primary schools.
• reviewing the professional training system for early education practitioners to ensure that it has the capability to deliver accessible and affordable training of appropriate quality at the required standards.
Between September 2011 and May 2012 a ‘Joint Pilot Inspection of Early Years Services’ was carried out by the HSE, as part of the governments efforts for a more comprehensive inspection regime, which the minister said would lead to a “greater focus on children’s outcomes, including in relation to educational development and child wellbeing.”
The minister added: “This Joint Inspection pilot will inform the proactive approach being taken by my Department.”
(MH/CD)
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