Education & Lifelong Learning Committee (November 2000 - April 2003)
Policy Review
Early
Years Provision for 3 year olds
Remit
- To consider the current pattern of educational provision
for 3 year olds;
- To assess whether its expansion would be in the educational and developmental interests of such children;
- To
assess the costs of such expansion which would place a new burden on local authorities and would need to be recognised in their funding;
- To
assess the impact of expansion on the ability of playgroups and private providers to provide childcare for children below compulsory school age; and
- To
make recommendations to the Assembly Minister for Education and Life-Long Learning as to future policy.
Key Documents
The
following are the key documents, to access a document click on the paper's reference number:
