The policy paper sent to MSPs says that although nursery managerswelcome the Government's vision of a highly skilled and qualifiedworkforce, they are concerned about how they are expected to paygraduate and teacher salaries without increasing costs.
The Scottish government has said that all pre-schools should be led byqualified childcare leaders at SCQF Level 9, the equivalent of degreelevel, by 2011, and that having a graduate-level qualification will beone of the Scottish Social Services Council's registration requirementsfor early years managers and leaders.
The NDNA' s policy paper calls for private and voluntary settings inScotland to be given the same support as those in the maintainedsector.
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