Saxony ranks second in a nationwide comparison of the proportion of pedagogically qualified specialists in daycare centers. According to the Bertelsmann Stiftung's "State Monitor of Early Childhood Education Systems", an average of 92.4 percent of all educational staff per daycare center in Saxony were specialists as of March 1, 2024. The frontrunner is Thuringia, with an average of 94.3% of specialist staff per daycare team.
East German states with significantly higher ratios
With the exception of Berlin (74.6%), the eastern states also perform better overall than the rest of Germany: in the east, the ratio of specialists is 87%, in the west 69%. The average across Germany is 72%. Bavaria is by far the worst performer nationwide with 54.5 percent.
