According to a survey by a private organization, the number of children who use "school childcare" has decreased by almost half of all prefectures.
Some households have been unable to pay the usage fee due to the deterioration of their household budget due to the corona disaster, and the group is calling for support.
Regarding the "after-school children's club" used by elementary school students such as double-income families, so-called "school childcare," the council made up of instructors and parents should contact all local governments to check the usage status as of May 1 for each prefecture. I summarized it.
According to this, the total number of children who use after-school care was 1,307,699, an increase of more than 2,200 from last year, while it was lower than last year in 24 prefectures.
Looking at each
grade, it increased in the 1st and 2nd grades, while it decreased for the
3rd grade and above for the first time since the survey of usage status by grade was started in 2013.
▽ There was a local government that restricted the acceptance of children in the upper grades in order to avoid crowding due to the corona sickness
. That is.
Tomoo Chiba, Deputy Secretary-General of the National Association for After-School Care for Children, said, "After-school care is also the heart of children. I want it. "