The petition, which was signed by twice as many people as there are nursery nurse members of Unison in Scotland, calls on the Scottish Executive to recognise early years education and childcare as a separate profession within the education sector, to standardise qualifications and to set up a national inquiry. It will be passed on to the Scottish Parliament's public petitions committee, which is currently in recess until September.
Carol Ball, chair of Unison's nursery nurse working group, said, 'We want ministers and MSPs to conduct a thorough review of the sector, recognise it as a separate and valued profession and make recommendations on career development issues.
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