Report on all-day education and childcare services for primary school children
Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ)
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Institut für Theorie und Empirie des Sozialen (ITES)
Through measures such as the 2020 funding programme designed to accelerate the expansion of the infrastructure of all-day childcare for primary school children as well as the Ganztagsförderungsgesetz (GaFöG, All-day Support Act), adopted in 2021, the federal and state governments are seeking to accelerate the development of a needs-based education and childcare programme for children of primary school age. The GaFöG envisages a gradual introduction of legal entitlement for children of primary school age starting from the 2026/2027 school year.
Prognos compiled the report for the Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ), on the status of the expansion of all-day education and childcare programmes for primary school children (GaFöG report), which is anchored in the GaFöG and must be submitted annually to the Bundestag.
The first GaFöG report was published by the BMFSFJ in December 2023.
Core results:
The expansion status of all-day education and childcare services for children of primary school age is examined on the basis of the KMK’s all-day school statistics and the official child and youth welfare statistics. Parent demand is represented with the help of the Childcare Study conducted by the German Youth Institute in the form of a nationwide parent survey. To calculate the number of all-day places that will be required in the future, the Statistic Offices’ 15th coordinated population forecast was also consulted.
The national and state measures in preparation for the implementation of legal entitlement are essentially represented in terms of the state-specific funding guidelines and administrative data on the Federal Government’s investment programmes as well as an online survey of the federal states.
In cooperation with ITES, qualitative questions about the further development of existing all-day services will be addressed. In addition, surveys will be conducted with school principals, parents, children, and case studies carried out in municipalities.
GaFöG Report 2023 (BMFSFJ website in German)
GaFöG Report 2023 (short version, web magazine, in German)
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