REGINA — The month of May is Early Childhood Education Month, and May 10 is Early Childhood Educator (ECE) Appreciation Day.
"To the almost 2,800 early childhood educators in Saskatchewan, we say thank you for providing a safe and positive learning environment where our youngest learners can play, learn and grow," states Education Minister Dustin Duncan in a release.
There are almost 20,000 regulated child-care spaces in operation in 164 communities across Saskatchewan.
To incentivize more people to choose careers in the sector, the province is providing tuition-free ECE training and bursaries and supporting the Saskatchewan Early Childhood Association (SECA) in the development of an ECE recruitment strategy with a focus on ECEs building a career in regulated child care centres.
To find out more about early childhood education careers, regulated child-care programs and resources for early learning in your community visit www.saskatchewan.ca/residents/education-and-learning/prek-12-education-early-learning-and-schools/early-years-learning.
