Both school childcare users and waiting children are record highs on December 26 at 5:46
The number of childcare users who take elementary school children from dual-income families after school has been around 1.29 million people nationwide, while the number of waiting children waiting for vacancies is about 18,000, the highest ever. became.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has compiled the nationwide usage status as of May regarding the "after-school children's club", so-called school childcare.
As a result, the number of users increased by 64,941 compared to last year to 1,299,307, a record high.
In order to meet the needs, schools for childcare for schoolchildren are being prepared nationwide, and the number of such schools has increased by 553 from last year to 25,881.
On the other hand, the number of waiting children waiting for school childcare was 982, up from last year to 18,261, the highest ever.
By prefecture, Tokyo is the largest with 3427, followed by Saitama with 2049 and Chiba with 1576. These three prefectures account for nearly 40% of the total.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said, “Since 2015, children of higher grades were also targeted, and the number of waiting children has increased, mainly in higher grades. I want to aim. "