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Incentives are shrinking for childcare providers to join a quality assurance scheme. <B> Mary Evans </B> looks at where the Government's plans may have gone awry

Incentives are shrinking for childcare providers to join a quality assurance scheme. Mary Evans looks at where the Government's plans may have gone awry

The names of the first 24 early years quality assurance schemes to be fully endorsed under the new Investors in Children (IiC) kitemark will be announced in early October - if all goes to plan.

However, the plans have become such regular visitors to the drawing board that cynics in the sector are not holding their breath. Indeed, some are wondering whether, after the latest developments, there will be any incentives other than altruism for childcarers to join a quality assurance programme.

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