Rhineland-Palatinate invests over one billion euros in daycare centers!

Rhineland-Palatinate invests over one billion euros in daycare centers!

in Rhineland-Palatinate are important investments in early childhood education: minister of Education Dr. Stefanie Hubig has announced that the country will provide a total of 105 million euros to advance the expansion and renovation of daycare centers. These funds come from a special construction program that was launched a year ago. Hubig emphasized that this not only contributes to improving the compatibility of family and work, but also ensures that children are encouraged and looked after as best as possible. "Families need daycare centers and the country needs more daycare places," said the minister.

Thanks to this initiative, Rhineland-Palatinate has significantly increased the space requirements in kindergartens since 2006: around 26 percent more places and 90 percent more staff are the result of hard work. Despite this positive development, the need for high -quality support offers remains enormous. The minister said that an additional 40 million euros will be made available in 2023 and 2024 to further improve the infrastructure and to help existing daycare centers through renovations or conversions.

investments and support of the municipalities

The new funding also show the country's commitment to continuously support the municipalities, both through annual investment funding and through special programs. Hubig made it clear that the expansion of the places is necessary in order to meet the legal claim to early childhood care without restrictions. This is all the more important, as more and more parents take advantage of their right to care, especially for younger children.

In addition to financial support, the acquisition of qualified specialists is also forced. For this purpose, the campaign "becomes an educator in Rhineland-Palatinate" was launched in order to counteract the shortage of skilled workers. These comprehensive measures are intended to ensure that the increasing demand for daycare places can continue to be covered in the future, such as Kita.rlp.de reported. Another crucial step comes from bm.rlp.de , where specific permits for the new projects are listed.