Viennese kindergarten: Key to equal opportunities for every child!

Viennese kindergarten: Key to equal opportunities for every child!

Wien, Österreich - on April 20, 2025, on the occasion of the day of the kindergarten, the municipal councils Jörg Neumayer and Marcus Gremel from the SPÖ emphasized the outstanding importance of elementary education. Neumayer, who acts as an education spokesman, emphasized that investments in education significantly contribute to the creation of a fairer society. The kindergarten is seen as the first educational institution that lays important foundations for self -confidence, language and social competence. Gremel added that children in kindergarten learn team spirit, empathy and cohesion, which is crucial for their later development.

Both politicians assured that no child and no committed educators are left behind in Vienna. Vienna plans to provide additional resources for early childhood education in order to further expand the educational offers. The kindergarten is particularly viewed as the first point of contact for German funding. The expansion of these offers should be promoted in particular in the next legislative period.

care offer and reach

Vienna can have the largest childcare offer in Austria. This represents 22.98 % of all kindergarten groups in Austria, with a comparatively lower area size of the city. The opening times in the Viennese kindergartens are particularly long and the closing days are reduced to a minimum. In addition, 90 % of the kindergartens in Vienna are compatible with full -time work, which significantly simplifies the compatibility of work and family.

The factual -free design of kindergarten visit in Vienna Since 2009 has been considered an important step. This is regarded as a result of a consistent, solidarity policy for families and children, which is intended to promote the accessibility of education for all children.

meaning of educational investments

education investments play a fundamental role in combating social inequalities. According to [Economic Service] (https://www.wirtschaftsdienst.eu/inhalt/ year/2016/7/bildungsinvestungs-akrante-mämmitte- against-s-ungleichtheit.html), early childhood education investments can contribute particularly effectively to reduce inequalities in the early development phase of the children. Studies show that children from educational families benefit significantly from early investments. In Germany, the public share of expenses in the early childhood area is not sufficiently high in comparison to other OECD countries. These findings underline the need for efficient education policy, which not only aims at the general expansion of offers, but also has individual needs and disadvantages.

The discussion about early childhood education is not new. In an article on the topic, specialist portal pedagogy Margrit Stamm and Martin Viehhauser point out that many programs are often only ready to school and therefore do not offer the full opportunities to compensate for. There is a consensus about the need to focus more on social and social changes.