Early childhood educators in Nova Scotia renew annual call for equal pay
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Nova Scotia’s decision to implement universal educational programming for four-year-olds has been applauded by ECEs and opposition politicians alike.
The department achieved its goal of offering the service in all 253 communities with elementary schools in October 2020.
Claudia Chender, NS NDP education critic, said funding equal pay for all ECEs would help reduce “structural inequalities” in Nova Scotia, given that the majority of ECEs are women. She said if the government wanted to, it could implement equal pay for all ECEs ‘tomorrow.’”