03 Feb 2016 Cobram Courier, Cobram VIC (General News) State Member for Northern Victoria Jaclyn Symes has welcomed local kindergarten students into the new kinder year, with better educator-to-child ratios introduced meaning more individual attention and care for children in the year before school. Ms Symes said introduced on January 1 this year, the new ratios will mean one educator for every 11 children down from one per 15. Ms Symes recently announced nearly $700 000 in minor infrastructure grants for more than 100 northern Victoria kindergartens. My four-year-old daughter is so excited about her first week of kindergarten, I wish all kinder kids and their families a happy and successful year, she said. In 2016 we are delivering better services and strengthening the quality of our early years services so country Victorian kids get a great start in life. Copyright Agency licensed copy (www.copyright.com.au)