Early childhood education and childcare free of charge For non-licensed facilities that do not meet standards, October 1: 17:49
It was found in a questionnaire survey of groups made up of parents that the prefectural education and childcare that started on the 1st accounted for a large number of local governments that covered non-authorized childcare facilities that did not meet the standards.
This was revealed at the conference by a group of parents who use nursery schools, "Parents' Association for Thinking Nursery Schools."
The national government is making free child care facilities that are not approved for facilities that do not meet the criteria for the number of childcare workers, etc. for 5 years, but local governments can also exclude them from their own judgment. .
When we surveyed local governments nationwide regarding responses to these facilities, out of 87 cities and wards that responded, there were only five local governments that were excluded from the target or whose period was shortened. It was found that the majority accounted for.
Also, in a questionnaire conducted anonymously by the group in November last year, 97% of respondents answered that there was a policy that they wanted to prioritize or not, and the reason for this was that the number of waiting children increased as a result of the grant. And that they expressed concern about the deterioration of the quality of childcare.
Aki Fukouin, the representative of the organization, said, “Even though the government officials are concerned about the negative effects on childcare, no specific measures have been taken. "I want you to hurry to create an environment where everyone can enter a quality nursery school before."
Free infant education and childcare
The purpose of free childhood education and childcare is to reduce the burden on the child-rearing generation and to help reduce the birthrate. Approximately 770 billion yen will be allocated annually out of the tax revenue that will increase due to the increase in the consumption tax rate.
Specifically, children aged 3 to 5 are uniformly covered regardless of household income.
Of these, the entire usage fee will be free of charge for kindergartens, authorized nurseries, certified children's gardens, community-based childcare, and school facilities for children with disabilities.
In addition, some private kindergartens that have their own usage fees are limited to 25,700 yen per person per month, and “care and childcare” is recognized by municipalities for the need for childcare, such as working and nursing care for parents. If it is done, it will be subsidized with an upper limit of 11,300 yen.
The company-led childcare business has a different upper limit for each age, and the age for a 3-year-old child is up to 26,600 yen per month.
4-year-old children and 5-year-old children are subsidized up to 23,100 yen.
Non-authorized childcare facilities will be subsidized for up to 37,000 yen if the need for childcare, such as working or nursing care for parents, is approved by the municipality for 5 years only.
Children 0 to 2 years old are free of charge only for non-resident households.
Of these, the upper limit for non-authorized childcare facilities is 42,000 yen per month, and for company-led childcare facilities, up to 37100 yen for 0-year-old children and 37,000 yen for 1-year-old and 2-year-old children .
In either case, school lunches are not eligible for gratification, and in principle, the garden will collect from parents for actual expenses.
However, regardless of the annual income and households whose annual income is less than 3.6 million yen, schoolchildren are exempted from the third child.