{"id":10021,"date":"2021-01-25T09:58:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T09:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=10021"},"modified":"2021-01-25T09:58:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T09:58:33","slug":"scholarships-help-our-youngest-learners-put-their-best-foot-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/01\/25\/scholarships-help-our-youngest-learners-put-their-best-foot-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"SCHOLARSHIPS HELP OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS PUT THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The youngest learners in NSW will benefit from additional educators, thanks to 40 scholarships awarded today to early childhood educators.<br \/>\nThe 40 scholarships are worth up to $20,000 each, awarded under the 2020-21 Early Childhood Education Scholarships Program, making it easier for more people to commence or upgrade their qualifications to a bachelor degree in early childhood teaching.<br \/>\nMinister for Education and Early Childhood Learning Sarah Mitchell said the scholarships would help promising preschool and early childhood employees deepen their knowledge of early education.<br \/>\n\u201cEducation in the first years of a child\u2019s life are some of the most important. They develop skills crucial to success in school and later life,\u201d Ms Mitchell said.<br \/>\n\u201cIt also is an important time for the child\u2019s health, educators and parents can pick up early signs of various conditions early.<br \/>\n\u201cOur early childhood educators are key to this and these scholarships will help some of our best become even better.<br \/>\n\u201cWe recognise that these scholarship recipients will deepen their understanding of early childhood environments, and gain additional skills and capabilities which will be passed on to the children they teach.<br \/>\n\u201cCongratulations to the scholars on their commitment to education, and I wish them every success in their studies and future careers as qualified early childhood teachers.\u201d<br \/>\nFurther details about the scholarships are available on the department\u2019s website\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/education.nsw.gov.au\/early-childhood-education\/working-in-early-childhood-education\/professional-development-and-scholarships\">https:\/\/education.nsw.gov.au\/early-childhood-education\/working-in-early-childhood-education\/professional-development-and-scholarships<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The youngest learners in NSW will benefit from additional educators, thanks to 40 scholarships awarded today to early childhood educators. The 40 scholarships are worth up to $20,000 each, awarded under the 2020-21 Early Childhood Education Scholarships Program, making it easier for more people to commence or upgrade their qualifications to a bachelor degree in &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/01\/25\/scholarships-help-our-youngest-learners-put-their-best-foot-forward\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SCHOLARSHIPS HELP OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS PUT THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10021\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}