{"id":17382,"date":"2022-07-16T06:12:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T06:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=17382"},"modified":"2022-07-16T06:12:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T06:12:53","slug":"record-investment-in-scholarships-for-early-learning-educators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/07\/16\/record-investment-in-scholarships-for-early-learning-educators\/","title":{"rendered":"Record investment in scholarships for early learning educators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

More than 400 aspiring early childhood teachers across NSW are set to receive a cash boost to complete their studies thanks to a NSW Government investment.
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NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet, Treasurer Matt Kean and Minister for Education and Early Learning Sarah Mitchell announced today that a record 439 scholarships are being awarded across the state, to attract and retain staff to support supply in the early childhood education and care sector.
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Premier Perrottet said almost $11 million has been invested from the NSW 2022\/23 Budget to deliver scholarships to support educators in entering the workforce or to boost their skills as degree qualified early childhood teachers.
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\u201cEarly learning professionals are invaluable and we need more of them, which is why we are making a record investment in the early childhood education workforce,\u201d Mr Perrottet said.
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\u201cThis investment of almost $11 million in delivering 439 scholarships will support our commitment to address workforce supply issues and build a sustainable pipeline of early childhood teachers for tomorrow.\u201d
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Treasurer Kean said these scholarships will help create a sustainable supply of early learning professionals, with every successful applicant to be awarded up to $25,000 under the 2022-23 Early Childhood Education Scholarships Program and Aboriginal Early Childhood Education Scholarships program.
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\u201cThis record investment in scholarships will support our vision of a highly qualified and sustainable workforce, meeting the needs of NSW families and children,\u201d Mr Kean said.
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\u201cWe want to build a stronger and brighter future for NSW families and we know that building on the early childhood workforce is a no-brainer in delivering this commitment to families.\u201d
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Minister Mitchell said one third of all successful scholars live and work in regional and remote areas across the state, which will help create lasting benefits now and into the future for all NSW children, families and the economy.
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\u201cWith submissions from hundreds of talented applicants, many already working in community preschools and long day care services, it\u2019s great to support these applicants to retrain or start their early childhood career,\u201d Ms Mitchell said.
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\u201cThese scholarships will support recipients to deepen their understanding of early childhood environments, and gain additional skills and capabilities which will be passed on to the children they teach.
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\u201cI congratulate 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
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More than 18,000 prospective early childhood teachers and carers will be supported to enter the sector or boost their skills thanks to a $281.6 million workforce package in the NSW Government\u2019s 2022\/23 Budget.\u00a0
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The NSW Government has committed $15.9 billion to deliver a brighter future for every child in NSW through a revolutionary transformation of early childhood education, child development and women\u2019s economic participation over the next decade. Through the introduction of a universal pre-Kindergarten year, the Brighter Beginnings initiative, workforce package and affordable preschools \u00a0the Liberals and Nationals Government are ensuring NSW is\u00a0the best state to live, work and raise a family.
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More information can be found on the Department\u2019s website:\u00a0https:\/\/education.nsw.gov.au\/early-childhood-education\/working-in-early-childhood-education\/professional-development-and-scholarships<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More than 400 aspiring early childhood teachers across NSW are set to receive a cash boost to complete their studies thanks to a NSW Government investment.\u00a0NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet, Treasurer Matt Kean and Minister for Education and Early Learning Sarah Mitchell announced today that a record 439 scholarships are being awarded across the state, to … Continue reading “Record investment in scholarships for early learning educators”<\/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-17382","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\/17382","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=17382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17383,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17382\/revisions\/17383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}