Clause 4. Approval of early childhood education programmes for purposes of sections 131 and 132: criteria

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Approval of early childhood education programmes for purposes of sections 131 and 132: criteria

In the exercise of your power under paragraph (b) of the definition of approved early childhood education programme in regulation 90 of the Social Security Regulations 2018 to approve an early childhood education programme as an approved early childhood programme for the purposes of the social obligations in sections 131(1)(a) or 132(1)(a) of the Act, the criteria to which you must have regard are the following:

(a)

the programme must provide early childhood education to children under the age of 6 in their own homes and not to other children:

(b)

the programme must deliver positive educational outcomes for the children to whom it is provided:

(c)

the programme must be supervised and have specific learning outcomes:

(d)

the programme must be aligned with government priorities relating to ECE and vulnerable children.