Shorten to make $1.75bn preschool pledge

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published October 4, 2018

About 700,000 three and four-year-old children would be guaranteed 15 hours a week of preschool or Kindergarten if Labor wins the next federal election.

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.

Under the $1.75 billion plan, preschool would be extended to three-year-olds, giving children 600 hours of subsidised early childhood ...

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