South Australian Labor Leader Peter Malinauskas has vowed to change the structure of the traditional school day if he is elected Premier in March. In a media release on Monday, Malinauskas said that the 9 a.m.– 3 p.m. school day is a legacy of the past and incompatible with many parents’ modern working hours. “I am determined to modernise the school day and bring it into the 21st century,” he said. “This is a serious plan for the future— a once-in-a-generation overhaul of early childhood education in South Australia.” Malinauskas added that parents increasingly require more flexible arrangements, enabling earlier drop-off and/or later pick-up times, and consequently, if elected, a Labor Government would conduct a Royal Commission to inquire into how best to modernise out of school hours care options. A major focus of the inquiry would be how South Australian families can have access to out of school hours care at …
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