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Concept
Name
Centre-based ECE services
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Label
Centre-based ECE services
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Description
Centre-based Early Childhood Education (ECE) services operate from specified premises and are licensed in accordance with the Education Act 1989 under the Education (Early Childhood Centres) Regulations 1998. Centre-based ECE services have a variety of different operating structures, philosophies and affiliations, and are known by many different names such as: Playcentres, Early Learning Centres, Montessori, Childcare Centres, Kindergartens, Crèches, Kōhanga Reo, Preschool, A'oga and Rudolf Steiner.
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