{"id":990,"date":"2024-01-08T12:02:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T02:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/?p=990"},"modified":"2024-01-08T12:10:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T02:10:42","slug":"qldfreekindy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/en\/qldfreekindy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Queensland government is pushing for a new education policy: free preschool education for 4-year-olds starting in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Queensland government recently announced that from January 2024, kindergarten education will be free for all Queensland children, aiming to give every child a solid start in education, which is estimated to save families of each child $14,600 in education expenses each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Kindy room tour\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z0Afnccrt7g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kindergarten in Australia is called a kindy, and the new program is a half-day program for children preparing to enter prep classes. From January 1, 2024, Queensland children enrolled in a government-approved kindergarten program will receive 15 hours of free education per week, 40 weeks a year. The program is provided by the kindergarten program in long day care services and sessional kindergartens. Sessional kindergartens run during school hours mid-term, while long day care services incorporate kindergarten classes into extended care hours. Children aged 4 or older on June 30 of the year before starting prep classes are eligible to participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Free-Kindy-infographic-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Free-Kindy-infographic-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/anp-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Free-Kindy-infographic-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/anp-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Free-Kindy-infographic-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/anp-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Free-Kindy-infographic.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These free preschool programs are offered in different ways by different institutions. Some institutions may offer 15 hours of free preschool programs two or three days a week, while additional programs may incur additional fees. If your child attends a full-day childcare center, they may be eligible for the Australian Government Child Care Subsidy for care during other hours, so parents may want to keep this in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-08-115730-1024x396.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-08-115730-1024x396.png 1024w, https:\/\/anp-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-08-115730-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/anp-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-08-115730-768x297.png 768w, https:\/\/anp-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-08-115730-1536x594.png 1536w, https:\/\/anp-au.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-08-115730.png 1611w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can go to the Queensland Government&#039;s<a href=\"https:\/\/earlychildhood.qld.gov.au\/freekindy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Official website<\/a>, find the nearest free preschool program near you.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u6606\u6606\u58eb\u862d\u653f\u5e9c\u8fd1\u65e5\u5ba3\u5e03\uff0c\u5f9e2024\u5e741\u6708\u8d77\uff0c\u70ba\u6240\u6709\u6606\u58eb\u862d\u7684\u5b69\u5b50\u63d0\u4f9b\u514d\u8cbb\u5e7c\u7a1a\u5712\u6559\u80b2\uff0c\u65e8\u5728\u8b93\u6bcf\u4f4d\u5152\u7ae5\u90fd\u80fd\u6709\u4e00\u500b\u5805\u5be6\u7684 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brisbane"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=990"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":999,"href":"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions\/999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anp-au.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}