China News Service, Sanming, April 9th (Huang Yan, Tan Xinhua) "When I go to work in the morning, I send my baby to the nursery downstairs of the college, and then I take her home after work. It brings great convenience to me in balancing work and family." Sanming Gao Juan, an employee of the Medical Science and Technology Vocational College, sent her 3-year-old daughter to the college's nursery in March this year, starting a new experience of "bringing her baby to work".
Sanming Vocational College of Medical Science and Technology is a full-time comprehensive higher vocational college organized by the People's Government of Sanming City, Fujian Province. Recently, the college was rated as the “2023 National Loving Care Employer” by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions and the National Health Commission.
In order to meet the needs of school-age children of the college's faculty and staff and co-constructed units, and at the same time provide opportunities for practical teaching and practical training for students majoring in infant care service and management and early education majors in the college, Sanming Medical Science and Technology Vocational College and Qinqin Kangaroo daycare institutions worked closely together to establish the province's first on-campus daycare park and daycare teaching park in July 2023. The nursery covers an area of 1,200 square meters and has 150 nursery spaces. Currently, the park enrolls 25 children of college faculty and staff.
"Employers should play a leading role in childcare services." Yu Huiwen, chairman of the union of Sanming Medical Science and Technology Vocational College, said that the college union relied on the childcare teaching park to jointly carry out the "Love Childcare Subsidy Activity" of the union of Sanming Medical Science and Technology Vocational College, which is effective It can effectively solve the problems of difficult childcare, high cost of childcare and high financial pressure for faculty and staff.
"We hope to not only 'educate the children,' but also achieve 'premium education for the children,' so that children can feel comfortable and parents can rest assured." Wu Chunyan, the director of the daycare center, said that the daycare center was jointly built by the "Zhengyuan School" , integrating advantages, resource integration, and "medicine and education" into one, and at the same time, it integrates the enlightenment early childhood education curriculum into one-day day care, providing comprehensive nurturing care services for the growth of children aged 0-4 years old.
"The teachers in the park are professionally trained and are very patient with children. My two children especially like coming here." Yang Liu, a faculty member of the college, praised the nursery repeatedly.
Chen Xiuqin, director of the Humanities Department of Sanming Vocational College of Medical Science and Technology, is one of the founders of the nursery. She said that next, we will continue to deepen the campus-school cooperation mechanism to provide a high-quality childcare place for the children of faculty and staff in the college and surrounding companies, and at the same time provide high-quality childcare talents to the society. (over)