Thousands of parents and carers across Scotland will benefit from extra hours of free early learning and childcare.
Thousands of parents and carers across Scotland will benefit from extra hours of free early learning and childcare.
The Scottish Government has committed at least £280 million over the next two years to expand annual funded provision for 3 and 4-year-olds to 600 hours - almost 16 hours a week.
They also plan to extend this to the 27 per cent most disadvantaged 2-year-olds, reaching around 15 per cent of them in the first year.
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