Local sites at Cobar and Coonamble have been selected to take part in the Universal Pre-kindergarten trial program.

Kubby House Childcare Centre (Cobar), Cobar Mobile Children's Service and Coonamble Public School were three of 71 sites selected across NSW following expressions of interest submitted by staff.

While there are many more services across the western plains who missed out in this early round, the vision for the program is that every child in the state has access to an affordable, high-quality play-based early learning program, up to five days a week, in the year before school.

Rebecca Howard, from Ngaali Pre-school, a 20 place service based on the site of Cobar Public School is receiving funding through the Cobar Mobile Children's Services. Ms Howard said the team at Ngaali were thrilled to be chosen for the program.

"Our service is very excited to be involved in the universal pre-kindergarten pilot program," she said. "We were already heading in the direction of providing the Cobar community with more preschool positions by extending our operating days and hours, so we felt that applying would support our intentions."

Coordinator of the Mobile Service, Bridget Brookman said they currently offered mobile education programs for children aged between 0 - 12 including bush play to families in remote and rural areas in the Cobar Shire. Currently also operating out of their base as Ngaali Pre-school as well as being on the road, Ms Brookman said the inclusion in the trial is good news.

"The chance to be part of this program and continue to offer quality pre-school programs to the local community is fantastic," she said.

Ngaali Pre-school offers a fee free service, giving priority access to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and low income families.

"We will soon be in the design phase and begin trialing some aspects of the program. We are particularly interested in the transition to school aspect," Ms Howard said.

Ms Howard said that with Ngaali Pre-school being on a school site already, it allowed children attending an opportunity to engage in a school environment before they begin Kindergarten.

"This will only be strengthened through the program," she said. "Although our enrolments are a little down to begin the year, we feel that inclusion in this pilot will gain interest from the community and highlight our wonderful service."

The initial stages of the state government's universal pre-kindergarten trial will begin in March in the three western plains sites as well as the 68 other sites across the state.

The trial program will test how effective increasing attendance numbers, extended hours of operation, and transition to school programs are to determine the best models for practice for a pre-kindergarten year in rural NSW.

“This investment will change lives, delivering enormous educational, social and economic benefits for the families and children of NSW,” said the NSW Minister for Education and Early Learning, Sarah Mitchell.

"Feedback from the first 71 early childhood services, which include Department preschools and community preschools, long day care and mobile services, will ensure a smooth state-wide implementation of universal pre-Kindergarten."