Call for tighter regulation of early years training providers

27 January 2012 1 min read Janaki Mahadevan Careers Courses and training Early Years

Tighter regulation of training providers is needed to ensure that students are ready to enter the early years sector, according to the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA).

In response to Professor Cathy Nutbrown’s ongoing review of early education and childcare qualifications, the NDNA said the quality of the delivery of qualifications is a bigger issue than the content of qualifications.

After consultation with its members the NDNA response said employers believe that in many cases people completing qualifications are not "work ready".

Stella Ziolkowski, NDNA’s director of quality and workforce development, said: "NDNA believes this should be addressed with more robust requirements for trainers to be up-to-date with practice and initiatives which should help to ensure that this knowledge is transferred and that learners are fully qualified upon completion of their course.

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