Düsseldorf is pushing ahead with the expansion of childcare. By the end of the day care year 2021/2022, there will be a total of 29,471 childcare places for children up to school entry. This was shown by the application for state funds under the Child Education Act (KiBiz), which the youth welfare committee decided at its meeting on March 2nd.
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Düsseldorf is driving forward the expansion of childcare. By the end of the day care year 2021/2022, there will be a total of 29,471 childcare places for children up to school entry. This was shown by the application for state funds under the Child Education Act (KiBiz), which the youth welfare committee decided at its meeting on Tuesday, March 2nd. The daycare year runs from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2022.
City director Burkhard Hintzsche: “Compared to the current number of childcare places in day-care centers and day-care centers, this means an increase of 1,160 places. We need further expansion in childcare, on the one hand, to do justice to the increasing number of children in our city, and that is still going on to reduce the existing gap in childcare for children under three years of age. “
For children under three years of age, there are a total of 9,959 childcare places in day care facilities and day care as of July 31, 2022, according to the planning presented. This means that a care place is available for 52 percent of the children in question according to the population as of December 31, 2019. Current evaluations of the waiting lists using the “Kita-Navigator” online procedure indicate, however, that at least 56 percent of the children under three years of age need to have space to actually cover their needs. There will be 19,512 places available for children from the age of three up to school entry, which corresponds to an arithmetical supply rate of 102.7 percent.
In addition to the construction of new day-care facilities, the recruitment of educational specialists is a particular challenge. Youth Welfare Office Manager Johannes Horn: “For two years we have made special efforts to attract qualified young employees. At the beginning of the new daycare year on August 1, we will be 337 prospective educators, nannies and childhood educators in the municipal daycare centers Then a new specialist will be trained in almost each of the 351 groups in the city’s day-care centers. That makes me proud, because it will improve the quality of childcare in the medium term. I can only encourage everyone involved to invest in training specialist pedagogical staff. “
Overview of the new day care facilities for children (as of March 1, 2021)
New day care facilities are continuously being built in Düsseldorf to improve childcare. Twelve construction projects were implemented in 2020:
• Oststraße 78 in district 1 with 40 additional spaces (renovation)
• Fürstenwall 186a in district 3 with 41 additional spaces (new building)
• Gladbacher Straße 11 in district 3 with 60 additional spaces (renovation)
• Niederkasseler Kirchweg 36 in district 4 with 100 additional spaces (new building)
• Wettinerstraße 6 in district 4 with 29 additional spaces (new building)
• Hildegard-Knef-Straße 39 in district 4 with 90 additional spaces (new building)
• Kanzlerstrasse 8 in the city district 6 with 14 additional spaces (extension)
• Heyestrasse (bunker) in city district 7 with 30 additional spaces (renovation)
• Sankt-Hyppolith-Weg in district 7 with 20 additional spaces (new building)
• On Schabernak / Bingener Weg in district 8 with 22 additional spaces (new building)
• Gothaer Weg in district 8 with 20 additional spaces (expansion)
• Potsdamer Straße 41 in district 9 with 10 additional spaces (renovation)
Five more measures will be completed by the end of April:
• Düsselthaler Straße 48 in district 1 with 50 additional spaces (new facility)
• Gelsenkirchener Straße 8 in district 6 with 87 additional spaces (new facility)
• Selbecker Straße in district 6 with 60 additional spaces (new facility)
• Sulzbachstraße 6 in the city district 7 with 40 additional places (new groups)
• North of Paulsmühle in district 9 with 100 additional places (new facility)
The construction of 14 additional day care facilities is planned for the kindergarten year 2021/2022:
• Ulmer Höh Süd in district 1 with 38 additional places (new facility)
• Ulrike-Scheffler-Rothe-Str. 18 in district 1 with 90 additional places (new facility)
• Rather Straße in district 1 with 38 additional spaces (new facility)
• Froschkönigweg in district 2 with no additional spaces (replacement new building)
• Lacombletstraße 10 in district 2 with 70 additional spaces (new facility)
• Gladbacher Straße 11 in district 3 with 60 additional spaces (new facility)
• Johannes Weyer-Straße in district 3 with 58 additional spaces (new facility)
• Ria-Thiele-Strasse in district 4 with 30 additional spaces (new facility)
• Niederkasseler Lohweg in district 4 with 38 additional places (new facility)
• Lichtenbroicher Weg in district 6 with 70 additional places (new facility)
• Franz-Rennefeld-Straße in district 6 with 18 additional spaces (new facility)
• Kaldenberger Straße 6 in the city district 9 with 88 additional places (new facility)
• Wimpfener Straße 17 in district 9 with 40 additional spaces (replacement new building)
• Matthias-Erzberger-Straße in district 10 with 76 additional spaces (replacement new building)
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