National Quality Standards

by Kat Wieczorek-Ghisso

“In the last decade, Australia’s childcare sector has undergone many significant changes, some of which can be attributed to results from the ‘Thematic Review of Early Childhood Education and Care’, which was conducted in 2006 by the Organisation for Economic Co- operation and Development (OECD). In this review, Australia was identified as one of the lowest-spending countries on the provision of high-quality education and care (see Figure 5.3). These alarming statistics have perpetuated many government and state territory policy changes, the most significant of which has seen the review of the way childcare provision is assessed nationally.”