Meanings of free preschool in English

So are financial considerations, since children are entitled to only one year of free preschool.

The supplement will be replaced by a year's free preschool for all three- to four-year-old children.

The introduction of a second, free preschool year sounds progressive but it will depend on available funding and trained personnel.

From next month, the scheme providing free preschool for children in the year before they enter primary school will expand.

Instead, childcare groups will urge policymakers to subsidise places directly in creches, as now happens under the free preschool year programme.

Last year, 97 per cent of pre-school age children in Ireland participated in the free preschool year and related schemes, said Ms Conroy.

At present, every child in Ireland is entitled to a free preschool year -or 38 weeks -from the age of three.

When she talks about providing "support systems," she means benefits like affordable childcare, free preschool programs, and paid family and maternity leave.

The study, conducted by two university professors, analyzed previous data from a now-defunct program that offered free preschool to students from different social backgrounds.

Thousands of children with special needs are set to receive supports to allow them to benefit from the free preschool year for the first time.

Access to the free preschool year for children with special needs has been described as "inconsistent" and "not satisfactory" by the Department of C(...)

Under the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) scheme, parents have been entitled to one year's free preschool for their before enrolling in primary school.

Up to 6,000 children with special needs are to receive supports to allow them to benefit from the free preschool year for the first time.