A kindergarten in the jenan district is registered and parents are in long queues. (infogram)
“enterage” and “enterprime” have been among the worst pains for parents of young children in the provinces. In the face of high-quality public parks that are not always numbered, or even paid more, and private kindergartens, which are expensive and always priced up by five, parents are concerned that the new rules on the cost of public kindergartens, the cost of construction, the cost of special classes, which are subsidized, will be curtailed and that young children will be able to enjoy an affordable pre-school environment。
How much,
It's the public park that keeps it
At the 29th conference on the new regulations for the collection of fees for kindergartens in the provinces and cities, inspector zhang min lan of the chinan prices agency stated that the current rates for chinan had been established in 2003 and that “social life has changed considerably over the nine years and the existing rates have not ensured the proper operation of public kindergartens. This criterion is not compatible with the current situation, either to prevent kindergartens from providing good services to their children or to breed excessive fees for kindergartens.”
Under the new regulations, the maximum fee rate for full-time public kindergartens in provincial cities and towns is nearly 100 per cent. Would such a large price adjustment improve the precariousness of public administration?
The head of a public kindergarten in jenan city told journalists that, even with full or differential financial allocations under the old fee rate, many public parks still face an awkward cost reversal when they employ large numbers of their own teaching staff。
Hao feng zhuang, the director of the skybridge experimental kindergarten, said that they still had a relatively large number of teachers and received more support, but that the park had made a basic costing, not counting rents, part of the salaries of the author workers, at a cost of approximately $500 per child to cover normal operations, and now charged 260. 7 a month for the skybridge experimental kindergarten。
“the proportion of self-employed teachers in some public parks is more than half, operating at a cost of more than $500 or even higher.” according to the head of a public kindergarten in the province and city。
I don't know,
Can we just disappear
Under the old fee rate, many state-run kindergartens, such as enterprises and establishments, are gradually disappearing due to lack of funding. It is known that there were 200 registered kindergartens in the lower districts, with 90 remaining in or around 2005, “publicly run gardens are shrinking, and all registered in the last two years are private kindergartens”. Presented by the head of the pre-school education department of the regional directorate of education。
“we do not have a single payment, except for rent and heating, and teachers' salaries and gardening expenses are entirely dependent on the child's tuition fees.” the head of a kindergarten attached to a provincial agency introduced them. The old fee rates are insufficient for some of the publicly run kindergartens and face closure, while others are charging for the construction of a park or offering fee classes to supplement the insufficient funds。
On 29 january, having heard of the imminent increase in the prices of state-run and publicly-run kindergartens, ms. Yang, the parent of a kindergarten in a department in the province, said that the increase of $100-200 per month was not acceptable, but that the question was whether the day-care centres could be cancelled because of higher fees. She explained that, together with fees for special classes in kindergartens, public parks were not less expensive than private ones。
It's under government supervision,
Can we keep up
According to the document, in addition to the government-priced teaching fees, the price department does not make clear provisions for meals and school bus charges, but is left to the kindergartens to determine themselves. Some provincial and city parents say, “although public garden fees are not high, they amount to more than $200, but the cost of meals and transport is 5,600 per month. In the future, tuition fees will rise further, so will other costs, which are not specified.”
Professor ting haidong, a pre-school education specialist at shandong teacher university, said that it would be reasonable for the government to adjust the rates in due course in the light of price increases and operating costs. Instead of allowing the public park to increase the billing line by name, it would be better to properly account for the costs and transparent rates. Moreover, for the time being, pre-school education is not compulsory and the costs should be shared among families, the government and society, “the widening gap between public and private fees at the old rates has led to greater inequality”
Professor ting haidong is concerned that if there are still claims for costs in public and public kindergartens, the costs of teachers ' benefits, bonuses, etc., are not being met, and excessive fees are still difficult to contain. This will require greater regulation by government authorities, “the input, the punishment.” (reporter seo jie choibin)
