The first international survey was conducted on the working conditions of "childcare workers" such as nursery teachers and kindergarten teachers. Japan spent the longest time working among the nine participating countries, while satisfaction with salaries was high. It was the second lowest from the bottom.
The survey was conducted by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for the first time in nine countries including Japan, South Korea, Germany and Norway. In Japan, 216 kindergartens and nursery schools nationwide, as well as nursery teachers and kindergartens working in certified childcare centers 1616 "nursery teachers" such as teachers answered.
According to the survey, the shortest work time per week, including taking it home, was 33.5 hours in Iceland, 40.1 hours in Germany, and 46.6 hours in South Korea, while Japan was 50.4 hours, the longest in nine countries. became.
Among them, Japanese “childcare workers” who have been working for 3 years or less have a particularly long working hours of 54 hours.
On the other hand, the time spent not in contact with children was 16.9 hours, the second longest after Korea, and the main reasons were "planning and preparation of activities" and "general clerical work".
Under these circumstances, the percentage of people who are satisfied with salaries is highest in Turkey at 39%, followed by South Korea at 38% and Japan at 23%, which is the second lowest satisfaction among the nine countries after Iceland. ..
Kentaro Sugiura, a general researcher at the National Institute for Educational Policy Research, who conducted a survey in Japan, said, "I think the background is that working hours are quite long in Japanese society as a whole. Is important. I want the results to be used in various aspects of policy. "