The Commonwealth government introduced a National Quality Framework for Childcare providers in January 2012. The framework is designed to transform the sector from one of caring to one of caring and early childhood development.
Key initiatives introduced to achieve this worthy objective include, improved staff to child ratios, improved qualifications of staff in the sector, a new curriculum known as the Early Years Learning Framework and a uniform, national regulatory framework.
A number of these initiatives have already been implemented and further reforms are expected over the coming years, for further information on this very important initiative please see the ACECQA website
