Children to attend kindergartens starting age of two years in Moldova

Chisinau, 21 November /MOLDPRES/ - Parents will be able to register their children at crèches and kindergartens starting the age of two years and the state will cover the expenses for providing education and care services. In this respect, the government approved a string of amendments to the Education Code.    

According to the government’s communication and protocol department, the draft law has the goal to ensure the access of two-year-old children to pre-school education services, thus contributing to the development of their competences. Earlier, the state has financed early education services for children beginning with the age of 3 years till the age of 6. The initiative will ensure access to education services especially for children from socially vulnerable families. At the same time, due to the fact that these services will be accessible to children starting the age of 2 years, parents will have possibility to easier get employed.  

The state will gradually provide the development of education services, depending on the level of training and places available at early education institutions, as well as on the financial means provided to this end. Presently, about 800 such institutions from Moldova are prepared or are in the process of adaptation of the infrastructure, in order to receive a half of the number of children of the 2-3 years of age. Financial means from the national public budget were envisaged for these children starting from 2019.  

The state will gradually extend the financings of education services for these children, based on a programme on development of early education services, worked out by the Education, Culture and Research Ministry, in cooperation with the local public authorities and the Finance Ministry.