Wage increases coming for early childhood educators throughout Saskatchewan: government
Global News
The funding aims to attract and train more Early Childhood Educators while providing necessary high-quality child care. It also aims to help retain ECEs throughout the province.
The Government of Canada in partnership with the Government of Saskatchewan announced $9.6 million for funding a $3-per-hour wage increase for Early Childhood Educators (ECEs.)
The investment is part of roughly $17 million of the one-time federal funding to support qualified members of the early childhood workforce. It is part of the extension of the Canada-Saskatchewan Early Learning and Child Care Agreement.
According to a statement released Wednesday, this is part of the Government of Canada’s commitment to building Canada-wide early learning and child care system in partnership with provincial, territorial and indigenous partners. This includes a federal investment of roughly $1.1 billion in child care in Saskatchewan.
Saskatchewan education minister Dustin Duncan says the province is thankful for the hard work ECEs do daily.
“This investment will recognize that hard work while creating an incentive for people to consider becoming ECEs themselves,” said Duncan.
Canada’s Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Karina Gould says by building a stronger workforce in the province, more children will have access to high-quality early learning and the best start to life.
The wage increase is retroactive to July 1, 2021, with centres expected to have access to the funds for distribution by December. The increased amount will vary according to each ECE certification level with $1, $2, and $3 per hour for its corresponding levels of 1, 2 and 3.
The Ministry of Education is in the process of gathering information in order to calculate the wage increases, the release says.
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