Early learning gets $715 million commitment in SA budget to deliver preschool for three-year-olds
ABCIn short: The upcoming SA budget has set aside $715 million over five years to implement the recommendations of the early learning royal commission. The two pilot sites are to be based in Port Pirie and Adelaide's northern suburbs, the government said, and are among 20 proposed "integrated hubs" necessary to fulfil the commitment. The government said it would also "partner" with existing long daycare centres and providers, and that $14 million of the funding would specifically help Aboriginal communities prepare for three-year-old preschool. Treasurer Stephen Mullighan said the funding was "one of the key announcements" of this year's budget, which would deliver a "significant and fundamental change" to education. "Julia Gillard, helpfully in her report, set out precise figures and those figures now are about 880 additional early childhood workers, around 800 additional early childhood teachers and about 120 other staff," he said.
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