Early years strategy needs money to implement ‘brilliant vision’ [impartialreporter.com]
- Published: 01 October 2010
FERMANAGH education representatives have reservedly welcomed a Department of Education (DE) draft consultation which sets out their vision for improving learning provisions for young children.
‘The Early Years (0-6) Strategy’, which recognises the importance of child development from a very young age, was published in late June this year. Consultation meetings are taking place across the country at present, the first of which was held in Enniskillen.
The draft document had been motivated by research pointing to the first years of a child’s life as being of critical importance.
It proposes better provision and quality of services to the youngest children, their parents and families with a view to enable every child to develop to their full potential by giving each one the best start in life’.
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