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FREE places in States nurseries for children in the year before they start school could be removed, following the Education Minister’s decision to cut private nursery funding.

EDUCATION has pledged to halve the number of teachers suffering from stress in the next 18 months, after figures revealed that the number of sick days taken for mental health reasons have more than doubled in the past two years.

SUBSIDIES provided by the States to fee-paying schools could be cut as part of a possible wider reform of the Island’s education system.

THE Education Department is being urged to immediately postpone its plans to introduce means-testing for parents wishing to access private nursery funding.

THE Education Minister has insisted that the States are doing everything in their power to promote child well-being in schools after a politician questioned whether there were enough systems in place to prevent mental health problems arising in children.

A NURSERY owner has warned that some private providers could be forced to close if cuts to free nursery education are made.

PARENTS are being urged to join a protest planned for the Royal Square next week against cuts to free nursery places that Education say will affect up to 100 families a year.

EDUCATION Minister Rod Bryans is to face questions in the States this week about the controversial decision to cut free private nursery care for households earning above £75,000.

THE Island’s dwindling number of Jèrriais speakers could be asked to help build a ‘digital bank’ of the language in order to teach it to children of the future, under plans proposed by one of the Island’s Assistant Chief Ministers.

A FAMILY centre supporting parents with young children could be opened in the west of the Island following the success of a pilot scheme in the east, a Scrutiny panel has heard.