Jill Piers, Manager Pre-primary Operations, Department of Education & Early Childhood Development, Government of Nova Scotia presenting at the Putting the Public into Early Learning and Child Care Symposium, December 1, 2023, at the Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development, OISE, University of Toronto.
EXPANDING PUBLIC EDUCATION
Beginning School at Age 4
Resources
The Early Years for Everyone: Lessons from Nova Scotia
A day at Junior Kindergarten/Kindergarten
The Government of the Northwest Territories is committed to investing in quality early childhood development through free and optional, play-based care for four-year old children in the NWT.
Parents' Experiences with Pre-Primary
Nova Scotia families can access free, universal pre-primary education for four-year-olds, over the next four years. This is an investment in our youngest Nova Scotians that will help them transition more easily into their school years, and identify those who will need additional supports once they begin school a little earlier.
Moving the four-year-olds into the school system frees up thousands of spaces in early learning centres, allowing those centres to focus on infants and toddlers.