Bundeswehr vs. Kitas: Dreyer demands more money for early childhood education!

Bundeswehr vs. Kitas: Dreyer demands more money for early childhood education!

Deutschland, Deutschland - The discussion about early childhood education in Germany increases in intensity after the prominent childhood researcher Dr. Maria Dreyer has strongly criticized the current developments in previous legislation. Your allegations are directed primarily against the inadequate financial resources of the daycare centers. In an interview with the magazine "Der Spiegel", she recently explained that it was not understandable to provide a special fund of over 100 billion euros for the Bundeswehr, while investing in the education of our children.

Dreyer illustrates that studies prove how the investments in early childhood education are profitable: According to the experts, every euro invested pays off three to four times. The positive effects are not only noticeable for the children themselves, which achieve higher school qualifications and achieve higher incomes in adult life, but also for society that benefits from rising tax revenue.

criticism of the current daycare law

The Bundestag has decided this week a new law that aims to improve the quality of early childhood education in Germany. Nevertheless, according to Dreyer, it is only a drop on the hot stone. In the negotiations of the traffic light coalition, only a maximum amount of four billion euros was secured for the next two years. This decision is incomprehensible to the researcher, especially in view of the already tense situation in the daycare system, which is in collapse.

"The system is overloaded and there is a lack of a strong lobby for children, parents and the pedagogical staff," said Dreyer. Your concerns are not unfounded; Together with hundreds of other experts, she recently published an open letter that indicates the dramatic conditions of many daycare centers. This initiative shows the urgent need for action that the experts see in early childhood education.

The new draft law, which is intended to improve kit activity, is carefully pursued by experts like Dreyer. In her contributions to the family committee, she gave relevant scientific recommendations, but which have not yet been sufficiently incorporated into the political decisions. The urgency of the situation requires a greater consideration of the needs of children and specialists in order to ensure the quality of early childhood education in the long term.

The situation in daycare centers has increasingly gained attention in recent years, but it remains to be seen whether the political managers are willing to create the necessary financial and structural framework for sustainable improvement. So it remains to be seen how the additional funds are actually used and whether they will lead to a noticeable improvement in living and learning conditions for children in Germany, as reports www.deutschlandfunk.de .