Office for Early Childhood Development

The Office for Early Childhood Development was formed with a clear mandate: to create a fairer and better future for all children in South Australia. Well do this by responding to the full suite of recommendations of the Royal Commission into Early Childhood Education and Care. The Royal Commission provided a clear path to deliver quality preschool programs for all 3- and 4-year-olds and how to support families in the first 1000 days of their childs life. It also made recommendations on how to improve access to out of school hours care, and the flow-on benefits of this for increasing workforce participation from parents. The Government of South Australia has committed to action on all recommendations, whether it be direct state investment and reform, identifying an alternative approach or advocating to the federal government for change. The Office for Early Childhood Development is South Australias early childhood development system steward. The Office partners with governments ...