Common use of OBJECTIVES, OUTCOMES AND OUTPUTS Clause in Contracts

OBJECTIVES, OUTCOMES AND OUTPUTS. Objectives 12. The objective of this Agreement is to facilitate children’s early learning and development and transition to school, by maintaining universal access to, and improving participation in, affordable, quality early childhood education programs for all children. 13. This objective is to be achieved through universal access to quality early childhood education programs for all children enrolled in the year before full-time school for 600 hours per year, delivered by a qualified early childhood teacher who meets NQF requirements, and with a focus on participation by Indigenous and vulnerable and disadvantaged children, regardless of the setting in which programs are delivered. 14. Children living in remote Indigenous communities remain a focus for universal access. 15. This Agreement will facilitate achievement of the following outcomes: (a) all children, including vulnerable and disadvantaged children, have access to, and participate in, an affordable, quality early childhood education program; (b) all Indigenous children have access to, and participate in, an affordable, quality early childhood education program; and (c) all Indigenous four-year-olds in remote communities have access to early childhood education.