Pursuant to Regulation 41(3) of the Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008 and Regulation
17(2) of the Education (Playgroups) Regulations 2008,
the Secretary for Education gives notice that the:
Licensing Criteria for Early Childhood Education and Care Centres 2008;
Licensing Criteria for Hospital-based Education and Care Services 2008;
Licensing Criteria for Home-based Education and Care Services 2008;
Licensing Criteria for Kohanga Reo affiliated with
Te Kohanga Reo National Trust 2008; and
Certification Criteria for Playgroups 2008 (notified in the New Zealand Gazette, 24 July 2008, No. 116, page 3074), were amended on 7 July 2011.
The amended criteria have been prescribed by the
Minister of Education in accordance with Regulation
41(1) of the Education (Early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008 and Regulation 17(1) of the Education (Playgroups) Regulations 2008, for the purpose of
assessing compliance with the minimum standards set out
in the above-mentioned Regulations.
Printable copies of the above-mentioned criteria are available from the Ministry of Education website
www.lead.ece.govt.nz
Dated at Wellington this 21st day of July 2011.
KAREN SEWELL, Secretary for Education.