Free pre-school year takes off [educationmatters.ie]
- Published: 09 August 2011
The free pre-school year, under the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) scheme, started in January 2010.
Under the scheme, children born between 2 February 2007 and 30 June 2008 are entitled to three hours of free care per day during the school year 2011-12.
While little formal research has been carried out on the scheme as yet, child experts say that parents are generally happy with it.
"An indicator of this is the large number of parents who are availing of the scheme," says Steve Goode, a childcare consultant.
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