Let down all round

Wednesday, August 15, 2001

Further to the comments by Gill Haynes, the former chair of the Council for Awards in Children's Care and Education (CACHE) (In my view, 19 July), I agree with her that the qualifications of people who work with pre-school children is under-rated by the Government. How many people would put their children into a school class that had no qualified teacher or was run by a parent who thought they'd 'have a go' without any formal training? So why then should pre-school provision be any different?

Further to the comments by Gill Haynes, the former chair of the Council for Awards in Children's Care and Education (CACHE) (In my view, 19 July), I agree with her that the qualifications of people who work with pre-school children is under-rated by the Government.

How many people would put their children into a school class that had no qualified teacher or was run by a parent who thought they'd 'have a go' without any formal training? So why then should pre-school provision be any different?

Christine Hewitt, Ramsgate, Kent

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