February 22, 2014
In Tokyo, in the face of the new fiscal year starting in April, parents whose children were unable to enter authorized childcare centers have stood up jointly to urge local governments to build more childcare centers.
In Suginami Ward, parents of 1,800 children were unsuccessful in obtaining authorities’ permission to enter authorized daycare centers last year. Some of those parents formed a group and began working to push the administration to construct more authorized childcare centers. Despite their efforts, 1,867 children were again put on the waiting list to enter authorized facilities this year.
The group on February 21 submitted to Ward Head Tanaka Ryo a petition urging the ward to enable more children to gain access to the authorized daycare service without delay.
In response to the petition, a ward official said that Suginami Ward will construct new authorized childcare centers for 600 children by the end of March 2015.
In Koganei City located in a western suburb of Tokyo, 500 out of about 800 children failed to gain admission to authorized daycare centers.
A 30-year-old mother of a child still on the waiting list introduced the Suginami parents’ movement on her blog and called on her blog followers to make a request to the city government for more authorized daycare centers.
Communicating through the blog, 10 mothers are now planning to jointly petition the city assembly to accept 100 more children into authorized daycare centers by the end of this fiscal year and increase subsidies for parents using unauthorized daycare facilities.
In Koganei’s neighboring city of Musashino, among 873 applications from parents for their children to receive authorized daycare service, 501 applications were rejected. Some of the applicants have formed a group by using Twitter and other Internet tools. The group will conduct a questionnaire survey and make representations to the city government based on survey results.
Past related articles:
> Mothers push mayor to provide daycare services to more children [February 23, 25 & 26, 2013]
> Mothers take action to demand increase in child-care centers [February 19, 2013]
In Suginami Ward, parents of 1,800 children were unsuccessful in obtaining authorities’ permission to enter authorized daycare centers last year. Some of those parents formed a group and began working to push the administration to construct more authorized childcare centers. Despite their efforts, 1,867 children were again put on the waiting list to enter authorized facilities this year.
The group on February 21 submitted to Ward Head Tanaka Ryo a petition urging the ward to enable more children to gain access to the authorized daycare service without delay.
In response to the petition, a ward official said that Suginami Ward will construct new authorized childcare centers for 600 children by the end of March 2015.
In Koganei City located in a western suburb of Tokyo, 500 out of about 800 children failed to gain admission to authorized daycare centers.
A 30-year-old mother of a child still on the waiting list introduced the Suginami parents’ movement on her blog and called on her blog followers to make a request to the city government for more authorized daycare centers.
Communicating through the blog, 10 mothers are now planning to jointly petition the city assembly to accept 100 more children into authorized daycare centers by the end of this fiscal year and increase subsidies for parents using unauthorized daycare facilities.
In Koganei’s neighboring city of Musashino, among 873 applications from parents for their children to receive authorized daycare service, 501 applications were rejected. Some of the applicants have formed a group by using Twitter and other Internet tools. The group will conduct a questionnaire survey and make representations to the city government based on survey results.
Past related articles:
> Mothers push mayor to provide daycare services to more children [February 23, 25 & 26, 2013]
> Mothers take action to demand increase in child-care centers [February 19, 2013]
