Fathers offered paternity leave more likely to take break from work
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New figures have revealed that new fathers take ten times more parental leave when they are offered an extended break from work.
Insurance firm Aviva introduced a policy last year which offered six months full...
Prioritising early education
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KUCHING: The Sarawak government will take over the operations of all 82 SeDidik pre-schools in Sarawak, starting next year*.
Excellence the target for early childhood education
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Representatives from Samoa have joined more than 30 Ministry and teacher training participants from 12 countries in the Pacific in Fiji this week.
They are there to review the Early Childhood Care and Education...
Portakabin to deliver proposed South Ayrshire early learning and childcare centre
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South Ayrshire Council has appointed Portakabin to build a proposed new state-of-the-art early years centre in Ayr.
If approved, a proposed early years centre would be built in the grounds of the Dalmilling...
Iceland closes the gap for early childhood, increasing investment for children
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The Icelandic government, consistently top performers in the education equality stakes, have taken further steps to demonstrate the value of the early years this week by announcing the construction of new...
Kim Smith: Why some parents can’t afford to take parental leave
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When I was six months pregnant, I was offered a fantastic opportunity reporting for Global Calgary. The problem was that it was a one-year contract, meaning if I took a full year of maternity leave, I’d be off...
Bolder action needed to reduce child poverty: Campaign 2000 report card
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OTTAWA -- Brynn Vincent was only 13 when she started experimenting with drugs and alcohol. Two years later, she was addicted and had run away from home and then she found out she was pregnant.
She sought...
Update: Province launches $10-a-day daycare at 53 sites, including two on the Coast
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Two daycare centres on the Sunshine Coast – Tiny Tots Daycare in West Sechelt and Esprit Daycare in Gibsons – are among 53 facilities across the province that will offer $10-a-day child care under a B.C....
Early education is not child's play
Reggio Emilia exhibit offers preschool teachers chance to learn innovative approach
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AS PARENTS, TAXPAYERS, and legislators consider how best to invest in early childhood, we need...
Harvard researchers aim to answer lingering questions about early-childhood education
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