According to Education Minister Christian Piwarz (CDU), Saxony will be able to implement the legal entitlement to all-day care in elementary school by 2030. There are enough places and qualified staff for this, the minister said on Wednesday in Dresden. The childcare rate for after-school children in the Free State is already significantly higher than the national average. While it was 47% in the west according to the 2022 education report, it was almost 87% in Saxony.
"Our childcare services in Saxony make it easier to combine family and career. Every family receives a place in a crèche, kindergarten or after-school care center on request. This is anything but a matter of course in other federal states," emphasized Piwarz. In the elementary sector, there has been a legal entitlement to a childcare place from the age of one since 1 August 2013. Saxony fulfils the legal entitlement to a nursery place, albeit not always in the desired facility.
According to the Ministry of Education, Saxony ensures all-day education and childcare for children of primary school age through cooperation between daycare facilities (after-school care) and schools. Almost all elementary school in Saxony offer all-day care. Compared to 2023, staffing requirements in after-school care will increase by around 200 full-time positions by the time the legal entitlement comes into force in 2026. "The training capacities for nursery teachers have been steadily expanded in Saxony," it said.
