Strengthen childcare services to ease worries for young parents

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　　Guangming Daily reporter Chen Peng

　　"The quality of childcare services from 0 to 3 years old is related to the lifelong development of children. During the critical period of individual growth, providing appropriate parenting and educational support can lay a better foundation for children's lifelong development." Liu, director of Beijing Beihai Kindergarten Member Ru, brought a proposal on "strengthening childcare services for children aged 0 to 3".

　　What is the current status of childcare services in my country?

How can the government and all walks of life better help young people relieve their worries about raising children?

The reporter interviewed several representative committee members.

The government coordinates and integrates various social forces to participate

　　According to member Liu Ru, the nervous system of infants develops rapidly before the age of 3, and the "first 1,000 days of life" are very important for the development of a person's brain nerves and other functions.

There are about 42 million infants aged 0 to 3 in my country.

In recent years, the government has encouraged multiple entities to provide early education services for infants aged 0 to 3, but the actual enrollment rate of such children in various early education institutions is less than 5%.

　　"At this stage, families bear the main burden of parenting, the conflict between work and childcare has gradually become prominent, and there is a strong demand for childcare services." Liu Ru said.

　　"In our country's existing childcare institutions, there are some problems such as unreasonable fees, substandard education quality, and insufficient professional skills of employees." Member Liu Ru analyzed that, on the one hand, although my country has introduced special regulations for children aged 0 to 3 in recent years. There are special policies for infant care services, but the implementation needs to be strengthened; on the other hand, the teachers of nursery institutions are not professional, and the scientific knowledge and methods of infant care services need to be improved, which restricts the development of the childcare service industry. develop.

　　According to the current national conditions, Liu Ru suggested that we vigorously develop inclusive early education institutions, and clarify the development idea of ​​"government overall planning, integration of various social forces and joint participation".

She suggested that resources for childcare services should be further tapped.

For example, support the construction of "integration of childcare and childcare", encourage qualified kindergartens to extend downwards, set up nursery classes to solve the problem of entering childcare; accelerate the linkage between kindergartens and various childcare institutions, and provide advanced concepts of early education, guidelines for infant development, Intellectual support such as early education cases and early education strategies, sharing beneficial experiences and models of preschool education.

The education department can cooperate with the women's federation and the health care department to guide universities, hospitals, kindergartens and other related institutions and units, rely on the community to build a community activity station for infants and young children aged 0 to 3, expand game venues, provide nearby childcare services, and work together to build Child friendly community.

In addition, enrich the types of childcare services.

Make full use of social resources, attract various social forces to participate in the childcare support system, and provide flexible and diverse types of public childcare services, such as half-day classes, hourly classes, temporary childcare, parent-child activities, home guidance, etc.

Establish a supplementary mechanism for preschool education training with the approved total establishment

　　It is understood that many cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, are focusing on promoting childcare services for infants and young children aged 0 to 3 years. Build a diversified childcare service supply system and support guarantee system.

　　"To speed up the construction of a diversified childcare service system, we should focus on improving the service quality of childcare institutions. At present, the key issue affecting the quality of childcare services is that the shortcomings in the construction and guarantee of preschool teachers are still relatively prominent." Secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing Foreign Studies University Member Wang Dinghua said.

　　Member Wang Dinghua pointed out that the national level has not yet issued a unified standard for the establishment of public kindergartens; compared with the teachers on the staff, the wages of teachers hired outside the staff are generally lower; some places still have problems such as irregular management and failure to pay pensions and medical insurance for teachers. .

These shortcomings have become hidden dangers affecting the stability of the team and the quality of childcare.

　　Xin Yan, deputy chairman of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Revolutionary Committee and deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Jinzhong Municipal People's Congress, suggested: "Study and formulate a unified kindergarten staffing standard as soon as possible. It can be used to open up the staffing of primary and secondary schools and kindergartens, and integrate the idle staffing of various institutions. , Set up measures such as the turnover pool of educational staffing, uniformly approve the total number of kindergarten staffing, and implement the total control of the staffing department, and the education department will use it as a whole and make dynamic adjustments.”

　　Representative Xin Yan said that it is also necessary to speed up the establishment of a supplementary long-term mechanism for the training of preschool teachers, and expand the scale of training preschool education majors for public-funded normal students in the ministries and provinces.

At the same time, effectively guarantee the implementation of the wages and benefits of kindergarten teachers, increase government procurement of services, and strive to achieve equal pay for equal work with registered teachers.