🇩🇪 Germany wants to assess every child’s development

The Cabinet has approved the draft bill by Family Minister Karin Prien to reform early childhood education. The key innovation: Data on every child’s developmental status is to be collected by the age of four at the latest. The assessment is to cover not only the German language, but also social-emotional and motor development as well as basic mathematical skills.

Particular attention is to be given to daycare centers with a high number of children requiring additional support: Such facilities can receive up to one and a half additional full-time positions for language support and social work. The federal budget is to provide around €9.25 billion for implementation of the program through 2034, plus €4 billion in investment funds through 2029.


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