In the Scottish Executive's long-awaited response to the early years workforce review (News, 17 August), education minister Peter Peacock said an additional 5m a year would be invested in increasing the funding for partner providers for commissioned pre-school education places.
In a letter to local authority chief executives last week, the Executive said that it had become 'increasingly apparent' that the minimum level of funding does not meet the costs for partner providers of delivering a 'quality pre-school education'.
'Ministers recognise the need for greater investment in staff in the private and voluntary sectors, both to enable greater training for staff and to cover the increasing costs of recruiting, rewarding and retaining a more professional workforce,' the letter said.
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