Early Learning Centres

Stephen McNeil probably can’t meet his preschool pledge

The Liberal's pre-election budget included $3.7 million to expand Early Learning Centres to 30 new locations by September, just four months from now, but the locations haven't been identified, there's no money to help daycares transition, and school boards have been given no direction on how to implement the program.

May 17, 2017ByJennifer Henderson

With election promises thicker than apple blossoms, one that sets the Liberals apart is the promise of an expanded universal, pre-primary program for four-year-olds. Eight Nova Scotia schools including Rockingstone Heights Elementary in Spryfield currently offer full day programs for four-year-olds taught by Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) in classrooms dubbed Early Learning Centres, once known...

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