What is ESK?
Early Start Kindergarten (ESK) is a grant funded by the Department of Education and Training (theDepartment) that provides eligible three-year-old children access to up to 15 hours of free or low cost kindergarten per week, including in areas with funded Three-Year-Old Kindergarten.
This grant is available in both long day care and sessional services where the kindergarten program is delivered by a qualified teacher. A child can be placed in a Three-Year-Old
Kindergarten program, a mixed age program or where early start enrolments are incorporated into a four-year-old program.
https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/childhood/providers/funding/eskforservices.pdfΒ