BSP Measure 3.4

Priority 3 (Urban and Social Revitalisation)

Measure 4 (Investing in Early Learning)

**This measure is now closed**

The results expected from the measure were:

Establishment of 50 Capital schemes across all the Education and Library Boards (ELBs)
1,700 additional places made available for children in their immediate pre-school year, especially the socially disadvantaged and 4 year olds
Consequential opportunities for the parents to take up employment, education or training
Up to 130 additional posts for teachers and classroom assistants created

More details on measure 3.4

The actual results are:

Establishment of 53 Capital schemes (including single and double units as well as stand alone nursery schools) across all the ELBs
1,742 additional places created based on 'full time' attendance
2942 pre school children are benefitting from the places (both full and part time) created
151 additional posts for teachers and classroom assistants created

€11.340 m has been spent providing the pre school facilities. The EU contribution from European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is €8 m with €3.34 m match funding from the Department of Education.

For more information go to the BSP Measure 3.4 target indicators page.