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David Seymour: Associate Education Minister on the red tape cuts to the early childhood education sector

Published: April 16, 2024, 8:51 p.m.

David Seymour is setting his sights on cutting back safety regulations in early childhood education centres. \xa0

The Associate Education Minister's announced he will scrap requirements for the Education Ministry to sign-off on new centres being established.\xa0

Also binned are changes which had been due to take effect in August, requiring people in supervisory roles to hold a full teaching practice certificate.\xa0

Seymour told Mike Hosking that they\u2019re committed to quality health and safety regulations for kids, but beyond that it\u2019s up to those planning to start ECE centres to take the risk and make their business work.\xa0

He said that it\u2019s up to parents to decide where they want to send their children, and if they don\u2019t send their kids somewhere, maybe they\u2019re trying to tell the owner something.\xa0

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