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Metadata item type: | Data Set Specification |
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METEOR identifier: | 388507 |
Registration status: | Early Childhood, Superseded 07/06/2011 |
DSS type: | National Minimum Data Set (NMDS) |
Scope: | This data set has been developed to support the collection of data under the National Information Agreement for Early Childhood Education and Care. Responsibility for early childhood learning and care is shared between the Australian Government and the state and territory government, and involves a wide range of service providers including government, local government, community, schools and the private sector.
• Activity under the National Partnership Agreement on Early Childhood Education (NP ECE)
A preschool program is a structured, play based learning program, usually provided by a qualified teacher on a sessional basis, primarily aimed at children in the year or two before they commence formal schooling, irrespective of the type of institution that provides it or whether it is government funded or privately provided. Programs may be delivered in a variety of service settings including separate preschools or kindergartens, long day care centres, in association with a primary school etc. The terms most commonly used to describe preschool services in various states and territories are:
The National Partnership Agreement on Early Childhood Education is a commitment to joint Commonwealth, State and Territory action to deliver universal access to quality early childhood education in the year before formal schooling. Universal access means that every child, in the 12 months prior to formal schooling, has access to a preschool program that is • delivered by a four year university qualified early childhood teacher in accordance with the National Early Years Learning Framework The aggregate collection supports information to be collected at the teacher and service provider organisation level. The information is to be collected within the census week in August 2010 to enable comparison with schools data collected in August each year. |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Statistical unit: | Service provider organisation Employed person (Teacher) |
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Implementation start date: | 01/07/2010 |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG) |
Steward: | Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG) |
Origin: | National Partnership Agreement on Early Childhood Education |
Reference documents: | National Information Agreement for Early Childhood Education and Care, 2009-2013 |
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Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2011 Early Childhood, Superseded 09/03/2012 See also Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2010 Early Childhood, Superseded 07/06/2011 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Early Childhood Education and Care DSS 2010 Early Childhood, Superseded 07/06/2011 Implementation start date: 01/07/2010 |
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