Managers and lead practitioners in early education and childcare will start registering in October, and other practitioners will register from March 2007.
The SSSC has extended the list of accepted qualifications and expects employers to use 'a phased approach', with individuals expected to gain qualifications within three years of registration.
To give staff time to undertake qualifications, no final date has been set for registration. The SSSC expects 6m in 2007-08 and 2008-09 from the workforce development grant, given to childcare partnerships, to fund training.
However, concerns have been expressed that older, experienced but unqualified practitioners will be forced out of the sector.
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