Pre-school education and care in Germany - German Education Server

The excerpt is part of a national dossier published by the Secretariat of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany, with a description of responsibilities, structures and developments in education policy for the exchange of information in Europe. This chapter focuses on pre-primary education (early childhood education and [...]

document from: Ständige Konferenz der Kultusminister der Länder in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (KMK)

National sources on early childhood education and care

Information about family policy, childcare benefits, parental support in Germany, listing objectives and funding. Links to important sources - EPIC is used to collect and disseminate information regarding family-related policy and support measures in member states of the European Union, aiming to foster the participation of parents in the labour market and in economic growth.

The dual-language website in English and German (http://www.seepro.eu) published in November 2017 presents state-of-the-art reports from 30 countries on the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) workforce. The website also provides a key contextual data document for each country which describes main features of the ECEC system. Key Contextual Data Germany: [...]

This Data Spotlight note on Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) provides a summary of ECEC policy inputs, outputs and outcomes in Germany. It uses data available within the OECD Secretariat - Education at a Glance, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the OECD Family Database — to make comparisons between Germany’s ECEC system and the systems in other OECD [...]

In modern knowledge societies, education has become the key factor not only for economic growth and prosperity but also for a successful private life. The National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) has been set up to find out more about how education is acquired, to see how it impacts on individual biographies, and to describe and analyze the major educational processes and trajectories across the life span. Some [...]

The article outlines the right of children under the age of three to a daycare placement (as of August 2013), the simultaneous introduction of subsidiary payment for parents who care for their children at home, lack of places in big cities, lack of qualified personnel.

Annotated list of legal and financial provisions for young parents in Germany, giving information about child benefits, protection for pregnant women and mothers, sources of income and how to apply, custody rights regulation. Further contributions on fatherhood, raising children abroad.

see also

Report from the European Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. - The so-called ‘Barcelona targets’, agreed by EU leaders in 2002, say that childcare should be provided for 90% of children between three years old and the mandatory school age, and for 33% of children under three. The aim of this document is to report on [...]