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Key Changes
The National Quality Framework sets a new National Quality Standard for early childhood education and care and outside school hours care providers in Australia. The Framework covers long day care, family day care, outside school hours care and preschools.
The National Quality Standard has introduced significant changes by improving quality through:
- improved educator to child ratios to ensure each child receives more individual care and attention
- new educator qualification requirements to ensure educators have the skills to help children learn and develop
- a new quality rating system to ensure Australian families have access to transparent information relating to the quality of early childhood education and care services
- the establishment of ACECQA, the new national body to ensure early childhood education and care is of a high quality.
The National Quality Standard is linked to national learning frameworks which recognise that children learn from birth. Combined, these frameworks outline fundamental components to inform and guide educators in the delivery of nationally consistent and high quality experiences and programs across Australia.