Nova Scotia Government completes rollout of pre-primary program
Posted Oct 2, 2020 04:14:00 PM.
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The Nova Scotia Government says it has completed its rollout of the pre-primary program with every four-year-old in the province now having access.
It was first launched in 2017 and since then more than 14,000 four-year-olds have been enrolled.
Premier Stephen McNeil marked the completion of the rollout at Colby Village Elementary School on Friday.
“We have around 400 classes, over 6,000 young kids are in classrooms today which is giving every child, regardless of the socio-economic circumstances, their best start in life,” he said. “We can now safely call ourselves a pre-primary province.”
Education Minister Zach Churchill says they are already seeing positive results.
“The kids that are in the pre-primary program are transitioning better into the academic learning environment, they're having an easier time being at school because they've already been around the facility and become familiar with it,” said Churchill. “They're also demonstrating better self-regulation when it comes to their own behaviour.”
The province says it will invest about $51.4 million this year to deliver the program which is now available in all 253 school communities with elementary schools.
