Tuition fees for studying in kindergartens in New Zealand The government provides free admission subsidies (20-hour preschool education) for children aged 3-5, with no more than 6 hours per day and no more than 20 hours per week. Any child who has a legal visa in New Zealand can enjoy it, regardless of whether he has resident status or not. It should be noted that not all preschool education institutions can accept this subsidy. Please confirm with the school in advance.
Tuition fees in different preschool institutions are different, some charge three or six hours, some charge half a day, and some charge a whole day. Generally speaking, the full tuition fee for children over 3 years old is about 250-300 New Zealand dollars/week, and they can enjoy 20 hours of government subsidies, which will be about 100 New Zealand dollars/week; However, the tuition fees for children under 3 years old are relatively expensive, especially for children around 1 year old, which can reach up to 300-400 New Zealand dollars per week, and they cannot enjoy subsidies.
New Zealand Kindergarten Admission Rate The New Zealand study abroad policy stipulates that children must be at least 5 years old to study in New Zealand schools, and no treatment will be given to children under 5 years old. So if a four-year-old child wants to go to kindergarten in New Zealand, his parents must work or settle in New Zealand. Primary education in New Zealand lasts 8 years (5- 12 years). After graduating from primary school, middle school is divided into two stages: junior high school and senior high school. After entering middle school, the system arrangement is different.
Parents can contact the kindergarten after the child is two years old. Specifically, parents first need to fill out a form online and put their children's information on the waiting list of their favorite kindergarten. Secondly, parents need to wait patiently.
When there are vacancies in the selected kindergarten, the kindergarten will take the initiative to contact the parents and then go through the admission procedures for the children. However, many kindergartens are in short supply and there is no place to line up. Those better kindergartens even have more than 100 waiting places, and children may have to wait a year or two to enter kindergartens.
New Zealand attaches great importance to children. The institutions that provide preschool education here mainly include kindergartens, amusement centers, child care centers, home care, Kohanga Reo and Pacific Island Language Group (Pacific Island Language Group and Entertainment Group). They all have the same mission, which is to lay the foundation for their children to receive formal education in the future.