Scheme to be expanded to two years from September reducing need to put off enrolment
Parents who put off sending their children to preschool in September have been offered a chance to enrol them now – provided they can find a place.
Under the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) scheme, parents have been entitled to one year’s free preschool for their before enrolling in primary school. Children were eligible to take up their place last month provided they were aged between three years and two months and four years and seven months.
However, pressure on primary school places in many parts of the State saw many children fail to secure a school despite being old enough for enrolment.
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