The Parliamentary Secretary for Schools has announced that every new Victorian primary school set to open from 2021 will have a kindergarten on-site or next door.
The Secretary, Tim Richardson said the landmark reform would reduce the burden on parents and help to build Victoria as the Education State.
“This includes all 10 primary schools set to open in 2021 and all six opening in 2022,” he said.
He said families living in Apollo Bay would be able to ditch the “dreaded double drop-off” following construction of a kindergarten and primary school on the same site.
“The Government will be funding a two-room kindergarten, which will offer 66 licensed places, administrative facilities and outdoor play spaces,” Mr Richardson said.
“The new kindergarten, which will be delivered in partnership with Colac-Otway Shire Council, is set to open in 2022,” he said.
Mr Richardson said the Government would also deliver a number of new kindergartens on existing school sites to support the roll-out of Three-Year-Old Kindergarten.
He said the reform was starting in six regional local government areas (LGAs) in 2020, with families in a further 15 regional LGAs to benefit in 2021.
