The Scottish Government also intends to carry out a feasibility study for a parent-led Early Learning and Childcare Account, which was a recommendation by the National Day Nurseries Association.
The 2017-18 action plan to expand early learning and childcare in Scotland sets out plans for a raft of measures and is a response to the Government’s consultation last October, which set out its vision to almost double the entitlement to free ELC to 1,140 hours a year by 2020.
The Government says its vision for early education and childcare, set out in A blueprint for 2020: the expansion of early learning and childcare in Scotland, is based around four guiding principles: quality, flexibility, accessibility, and affordability.
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