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Kazi Taslima Sultana – Types of Child Care
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4. OVERVIEW OF AUSTRALIA
Australia is located in southeast of
Asia, between
the Pacific and Indian oceans, the world's
smallest
continent, is almost completely surrounded
by
ocean expanses
Capital of Australia is Canberra
Area – 7.7 million sq km
Population – 22 million
Australia is Democratic republic
Primary language English
Currency – Australian Dollar
5. Comparison of Types of Child Care
System
Australia Canada
Long Day Care Regulated Child Care
• Care for children from birth to school age • Regulated child care refers to child care
• They are open eight hours a day services that are regulated by provincial and
• Run by Private operators, local councils, territorial licensing or monitoring standards
community organizations and non-profit such as Child Care Centre
organizations • Regulatory body provide license
Family Day Care Private Child Care Centres are independently
• Home based care for children aged up-to managed by the owner/operator of the
12 years service.
• Care provided by registered caregivers at Most of them are controlled by regulatory
caregiver’s home.
board.
• Monitored by Local FDC coordination
units
Pre-school Nursery Schools
• Planned educational program for • They offer preschool children 2 to 5 years
children between 3 and 5 years. of
• Operation hours 9:00am and 3:00pm age with an introductory learning
• Most of them run by government and
experience,
some are run by private sector
either in the morning or afternoon.
6. Comparison of Types of Child Care
System
Australia Canada
Before / After School Care Public Child Care
• Provide supervised care and recreation Public child care run municipal and regional
for primary school children. governments in Ontario such as after school
• Hours of operation is 7.00 – 9.00 am
and 3.00 – 6.00 pm After School and Recreation Care
• Run by community, private organizations • It is unlicensed programs for children aged 6
and Government to 12 years offered by Toronto Parks, Forestry
and Recreation.
Occasional Care Service Licensed Home Child Care
• Provide short periods of care for children • They offer early learning
birth to under school age. and care, in approved homes, for children
• Hours and days of operation varies. from 0 to 12 years.
• Run by Community and non-profit
organizations, and local councils.
Nanny Unregulated child care in Canada include
• Employed by the family on either a live-in or • Informal parental care,
a live-out basis for care of children. • Care by relatives, and
• This service may be or not registered. • Care within or outside the family home by
caregivers such as babysitters and nannies.
10. AVAILABILITY
Canada There is greater child care
availability than in past
The availability of Early childhood
• there are 5,758 long day care
programs in Canada varies. services across the country
• all children’s are entitled to • more than 870,000 children
access in to kindergarten in the were using approved child care
school system
• in March quarter 2010, 90 % of
• Only 20 percent of young reporting long day care
children have access to services in major cities had
regulated child care program. vacancies
• there are only enough regulated • increasing 98 % of long day
child care spaces for 10.7 % of care services in remote areas
children in Ontario
Australia
11. AVAILIBILITY
Canada Australia
• There are about 4,600 • Around 250,000 children
licensed childcare centres attended both formal care and
informal care
• there are 140 licensed private
home care agencies in • About 2 million children had
Ontario no usual child care
arrangements
• subsidies are available for
working and low income • Demand for child care is set
family to increase in the future is
projected to grow by around
500,000 children by 2020.
• Subsidies are available for
Long day care and family day
care services