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Policy Document

Childcare Quality Requirements (Temporary Measures) Decree

Year

1996

Country

Netherlands

Topic

Family & Children

Subtopic

Childcare

Keywords

Childcare Early childhood Educational institutions Family policy Preschool education Work-life balance

Main implications

This decree sets quality standards for childcare:

- The staff-child ratio: A minimum of one carer for: four children under one year of age; five children aged one to two; six children aged two to three; eight children aged three to four; ten children aged four to 12.

- Group size: A maximum of 12 children under one year of age; a maximum of 16 children up to age 13, which implies that not more than eight children are under the age of one; a maximum of 20 children aged four to 13.

- Minimum space: Three square metres per child to play inside; four square metres per child on a possible outside surface.

Benefits & Requirements

Coverage: Eligible groups or beneficiaries

Childcare centres (whether they are subsidised or not).

Types of provision stipulated by this document

Public

Benefits offered by this document for using childcare services

No

Does this document guarantee a provision of childcare free of costs?

No

Read the Law

Original full text source in native language

Staatsblad 1995, 578

Original full text web source in native language

https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stb-1995-578.html

Comments & Clarifications

This decree was abolished on 27 April 2005, and was replaced by the Childcare Act of 2005.

Secondary Literature & Sources

Secondary literature

Wooning, C. "The Education System in the Netherlands". Netherlands Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (2004). Available at: http://www.ibe.unesco.org/International/ICE47/English/Natreps/reports/netherlands.pdf

Author

Wieke Selten
Nederlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (at the time of this project)

Anne H. Gauthier
Nederlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute

Data collected in the framework of the Population Europe Research Finder and Archive (PERFAR)

Cite as

SPLASH-db.eu (2014): Policy: "Childcare Quality Requirements (Temporary Measures) Decree" (Information provided by Wieke Selten & Anne H. Gauthier). Available at: https://splash-db.eu [Date of access].