The high cost of special nurseries pays parents to “home hosting”

Workers mothers confirmed that the high cost of nurseries pushes them to resort to “household hosts”, as they are suitable for their material capabilities, as the average of the licensed custody fees is about 36 thousand dirhams annually.

In detail, “Emirates Today” monitored the return of home hosting advertisements strongly on social media, as women show their willingness to host children in their homes, and to care for them while providing a initial education for them during the period of mothers’ work, while specialists warned of the danger of illegal nurseries on the health of children, especially with regard to the possibility of children being exposed to diseases as a result of infection, or serious accidents, such as physical injuries, and demanded the children of children To find safe and healthy options to care for their children.

The formulas of advertising were similar in the content, and one of them included “for every worker or busy mother who wants to leave her child in a healthy and safe place with an expert in dealing with children .. I present your child a healthy and safe place, and he gets full care and education through the Montessori approach to increase the child’s intelligence, with the availability of a monthly, weekly, daily, daily, or hour .. You will find what you and your child satisfy you. ”

Another declaration said, “Every mother who wants to leave her child in a healthy and safe place through (her work period) … I am pleased to announce a home custody for your child from three months to four years, from Monday to Friday, from seven in the morning until the end of your work, where care is at the hands of a specialist in this field .. You will find in my house a special attention and care.”

One of the working mothers, Manal Shawky, said: “The decision to resort to the home custody for me was not optional, especially since my children would go to their schools, and I had to search for a place to host my younger daughter or leave my work.”

She added: «When I thought about searching for a nursery to put my daughter during my work, I looked in the area in which I live in and around my area and around them, so that I could connect it and return it easily, but the subscription fees were very high, and some of them have no place, and I will be placed on the waiting lists, and one day I came to the WhatsApp announcement from one of the women from an Arab nationality, in which she appears in the period in the period. The morning, and I found it close to my house, due to the lack of an alternative. ”

Exaggeration

The guardian of a child, Khaled Fathi, pointed out that the high price of licensed nurseries in an exaggerated manner pushes the parents to resort to home nurseries often not exceeding 800 dirhams per month.

While the mother of a child of a year and a half, Samah Farouk, said that her fear of dealing with “home nurseries” is not guaranteed forcing her to bear the costs of registering her daughter in a licensed nursery, despite the exaggeration of the fees.

The families of children agreed that there is a set of requirements imposed by nurseries to collect additional fees, including registration forms, and the opening of the file, which ranged between 500 and 1000 dirhams, and also the so -called test fees or hosting for a period of three days, to evaluate the child before accepting it, fees 500 dirhams, and insurance ranges between 500 and 1000 dirhams.

Licensed nurseries

On the other hand, special nurseries have set the system of participation in the semester three months, to ensure that children will continue a longer period, and the average range of nurseries in one semester, between 7000 and 15 thousand dirhams, according to the number of weekly days and the number of hours that the child will spend in the nursery.

The teachers and registration officials in licensed nurseries emphasized: Farida Yasser, Israa Al -Khatib, Suha Al -Rubaie, Emma Ryan, and Angola Badro, the need for most families to register her children in nurseries, whether the mother is working or a housewife, especially after the age Behavioral and educational, noting that nurseries provide multiple systems to facilitate the families of children, where the participation is available three days a week, four days or five days, and the child can also subscribe six hours a day or eight hours.

nursing

The teachers unanimously agreed on the importance of the role played by licensed nurseries, and the integrated care services they provide for children enrolled in them, and to provide appropriate conditions for developing their skills and queens in various fields using sound education and in particular regarding the preparation of the child’s psychological atmosphere, response to his psychological state, and notifying him with security, reassurance, kindness and tenderness, and establishing it correctly and properly.

It attributed the high fees for special nurseries licensed to the criteria and requirements that must be met within the conditions specified by the competent authorities in the licensing of nurseries, which require the commitment to increase the fees to cover operational costs, especially since the cost of renting the place and monthly salaries is currently about 50% of the operational cost of the place, indicating that nurseries are committed to guaranteeing quality and maintaining high standards for services, especially with The evaluation system for early education institutions.

Healthy risks

In turn, a pediatrician, Dr. Aya Abdel Nasser, warned of the multiple risks of hosting children in an apartment, noting that they have infected diseases and accidents that lead to physical harm, in addition to fire -related risks and other threats, as these places lack the criteria necessary to care for children.

She said: «Many nannies and incubators do not have the experience and complete knowledge of dealing with the child psychologically, educationally and healthy, especially since children under the age of four are vulnerable to infectious diseases and diarrhea in the absence of health conditions and public safety, and children in these places are not equipped with sadness and oppression, as a result of leaving it in an unaccounted environment, which results in the appearance of signs of bullying, stubbornness and nervousness.

Legal punishment

For his part, the lawyer, Salem Mohamed Obaid Al -Naqbi, stressed that the opening of a nursery without a license, or the reception of children in an apartment under the name of hosting, is considered a legal violation in the Emirates that requires punishment, because these nurseries lack safety standards, and endangering the lives of children, in addition to practicing a profession without a license, where Article (18) of a decree of federal law No. (51) for the year 2022, regarding the regulation of nursery However, with the absence of any more severe punishment stipulated in any other law, a period not exceeding a year and a fine of no less than 10 thousand dirhams, and no more than one million dirhams, or one of these two penalties, is punished with any of the activities of the nursery house, or has operated any facility to engage in these activities without obtaining a license to do so from the agency or any party that was authorized to practice the jurisdiction of the agency.

Al -Naqbi said: “The state aims from this decree by law to achieve children’s care, and prepare them socially, morally, educationally, psychologically and physically, and establish them with proper upbringing, organizing activities and care services provided by the nurseries, which will improve the quality of the child’s life, in addition to the governance of the custody houses in the state”, indicating that the parents and mothers leave their children in places other than Licensing and their exposure is also a neglect that requires accountability, so it is not limited to confronting the phenomenon of the opening of unlicensed nurseries on governmental and legislative bodies only, but extends to include society in all its categories, starting with parents to the media and educational and social institutions, so conscious society is the first line of defense in protecting children, by spreading legal culture and knowledge of the risks of leaving children in unlawful places or licensed places Take into account safety standards.

Al -Naqbi stressed that societal awareness plays a very important role, as the awareness of parents must be strengthened about the rights of their children, and the need to ensure that the role of custody gets the necessary licenses that guarantee its commitment to safety and comprehensive care standards, and educational and educational educational campaigns should be launched, targeting families and workers in the various sectors, to highlight the risk of violations and legal and human consequences Neglecting this aspect, in order to protect our children, as they are the future.

Determine fees

For its part, the Department of Education and Knowledge affirmed that the first years of the child’s life are one of the most important stages that greatly affect the brain’s growth, and the start of acquiring the different cognitive, emotional and social skills, in addition to its impact on its life for life, noting that the quality early education services play a pivotal role in the growth of children and their academic development, where students enrolled in early education improve by up to 70% in Their performance in language and mathematics materials.

The department stressed, on its approval, a precise mechanism to evaluate a number of factors before approving the fees, to ensure logical and transparent results, and this includes operational costs such as rent and employment expenses to maintain the percentage of children compared to teachers within the required limit, in addition to investing in educational materials and safety procedures, and the department also evaluates fees based on market directions and sustaining services, indicating that these criteria guarantee For parents that nurseries are designed to support their children in a safe and rich growth experience, and reflects their belief in the right of each child an opportunity to develop, and her constant keenness to adhere to improving the quality of early education services and facilitating the process of access to them.

New nurseries

The department stated that the total number of private nurseries in Abu Dhabi is currently 225 nurseries, which includes 27 thousand and 791 seats, and provides stimulating educational environments that support the knowledge, social and emotional development of children during their founding years, which supports their academic success and their personal development, pointing out that this year is granted licenses for 15 new private nursery in the emirate, with an average fee that rang Between 24 and 51 thousand dirhams, it provides 1,250 additional seats for children in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Al Dhafra.

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Tomorrow’s nurseries

The Department of Education and Knowledge is implemented by the “Governmental Care of Tomorrow”, as it launched 10 years that provide more than 2,300 seats in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, which contributes to enhancing the access of Emirati students to high -quality early education services, and consolidating the national identity and the skills of their Arabic language at an early age.

The department explained that tomorrow’s nurseries target Emirati students who ranged between three and four years, as these nurseries aim to enhance the opportunities for high -quality early education services, by providing free care for children while making sure to provide a safe and healthy environment for them, so that parents can follow their professional career in reassurance, knowing that their children are in a safe environment, noting that their programs are designed to enhance values ​​and culture And the Arabic language, which is necessary to preserve the national identity.

• “Education and Knowledge”: an accurate mechanism for evaluating operational costs before approves nurseries, including rent, employment expenses, investment in educational materials, and safety procedures.