More families in Victoria are to be able to access kindergarten services with four projects fast-tracked to create over 200 additional enrolment places for children.
Minister for Early Childhood, Ingrid Stitt said Building Blocks grants from the Victorian School Building Authority were fast-tracked to upgrade, build and expand four kindergarten projects across the State.
Ms Stitt said the projects included the construction of a new Family and Community Centre in Clyde; building an Integrated Children’s Centre at the site of Pinewood Kindergarten in Mount Waverley; upgrades to deliver another room for three-year-old children at Irymple Kindergarten in Mildura; and a one-room modular kindergarten building to expand the Beaufort Early Childhood Centre.
“[Government is] to deliver a full 15 hours of Three-Year-Old Kinder to children across the state over this decade, with the roll-out beginning in selected areas in 2020 and expanding in 2022 to support five hours of Three-Year-Old Kindergarten Statewide,” Ms Stitt said.
“As part of this roll-out, the Government is upgrading infrastructure through a $1.68 billion co-investment with the early childhood sector to build and expand kindergarten facilities across the State,” she said.
Ms Stitt said the allocation included the delivery of a number of new kindergartens on existing school sites to support the roll-out of Three-Year-Old Kindergarten.
