According to a study, the state of Rhineland-Palatinate has to create between 1200 and 2500 new full-time positions in order to be able to fulfill the legal entitlement to a full-time place for elementary school students from the school year 2029/30.
According to calculations by the German Youth Institute in Munich and the Technical University of Dortmund, the investment costs for the new places amount to up to 250 million euros.
Mainz - The researchers assume that the number of primary school children will increase by 13 percent from 142,000 in 2019 to around 160,000 in 2029.
According to the information, between 32,000 and 43,000 new places have to be created for them across the country - depending on how many parents actually use a full-day place for their child.
55 percent of parents are currently using the offer.
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dpa