The situation in the daycare centers in Munich is explosive: every tenth position is vacant.
There is a shortage of staff, there are too few staff.
Who has to suffer as a result: in the end, probably the children.
Munich - "The staff shortage is still present and noticeable in the facilities," says Andreas Haas, spokesman in the department for education and sport.
Now a daycare manager tells how precarious the situation is: Suyin Majthenyi, director of the St. Albert daycare center in Freimann *.
Munich: Great staff shortage in daycare
“Why do you have to spend more and more money on new daycare facilities?
Why don't you invest the money in staff? ”Asks Majthenyi.
“What use are new daycare centers if there are no staff to look after the children there?” Many of the new buildings are equipped with expensive furniture.
“A single wooden chair costs just under 80 euros.
These are huge sums in today's world, instead of designing what already exists in the best possible way. "
Munich: "It was also unnecessary to abolish daycare fees"
For the city, what counts above all is the supply key to ensure that families in the city districts are provided with daycare places.
Whether these daycare places are really available due to a lack of educators and not just on paper plays a subordinate role.
“It was also unnecessary to abolish daycare fees,” says Suyin Majthenyi.
"I know so many parents who would like to pay fees if they could improve the care of their children in this way."
Thanks to a newspaper article, the St. Albert day care center was able to fill an open position last year after months of searching.
“Other daycare centers are unlucky and then have to reduce their care offerings.
In the end it is always at the expense of the children. "
The city of Munich hired 320 educators and 275 child carers last year
According to Andreas Haas, the city hired 320 educators and 275 nannies last year despite Corona.
However, this did not relieve the burden on the institutions.
"We try to counteract the lack of educators through various measures, such as more training places."
From 2015 to 2020, their number increased by 65 percent. In addition, the Munich * allowance has been doubled to 270 euros, the labor market allowance to 200 euros, and the starting salary for educators after training has been increased to 3500 euros. A small upward trend is at least noticeable.
Suyin Majthenyi was also angry about insufficient political support during the pandemic.
"The kindergartens were neglected during the corona peaks." The daycare manager is frustrated: "There is a lot of talk, but only little really changes."
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