Table 5 Impacts of early childhood education and care act (ECEC Act)
From: Child Care Friendly Policies and Integration of ECEC in Taiwan
Contents | Before integration | After ECEC Act comes into force | |
|---|---|---|---|
Kindergarten | Age of children | 4 to 5-year-old | 2 to 5-year-old |
Auspices | MOE, The Department of Elementary Education | ||
Professional | teacher | Teacher, Caregiver, assistant caregiver; | |
Staffing | 2 teachers/each class | Should have at least one teacher in each 5-year-old group. | |
Assistant caregivers should not exceed 1/3 of the total professionals employed. | |||
Child-teacher ratio | 1:15 | 1:15 for 3 to 5-year-olds | |
1:8 for 2-year-olds | |||
Maxim.group size | 30 | 30 for 3 to 5-year-olds 16 for 2-year-olds | |
Nursery center | Age of children | 2 to 5-year-old | 2 to 5-year-olds |
Auspices | MOI Child Welfare Bureau | MOE, The Department Elementary Education | |
Professional | Caregiver/assistant caregiver | Teacher, Caregiver, assistant caregiver | |
Staffing | Should have at least one teacher in each 5-year-old group (should meet this requirement, from the date of ECEC Act enforcement for five years). | ||
Assistant caregivers should not exceed 1/3 of the total professionals employed. | |||
Child-caregiver ratio | 1:15 for 3 to 5-year-old; | 1:15 for 3 to 5-year-olds | |
1:12 for 2-year-old | 1:8 for 2-year-olds | ||
Maxim.group size | 30 for 3 to 5-year-olds, 16 for 2-year-olds | ||
Transition for conversion | Licensed public and private nurseries (established independently) | Should convert into kindergartens within 1 year after the ECEC Act comes into force | |
Permitted to set up an affiliated school-age child care center | Allowed to continue operating SACC, and should convert into kindergartens within 1 year after the ECEC Act comes into force | ||
Permitted to set up an affiliated infant center and/or other services. | Should cease operating infant centers and/or other services, and convert into kindergartens within 2 years after the ECEC Act comes into force | ||
Affiliated to other child welfare institutions | Should cease operating within 2 years after the ECEC Act comes into force | ||
In-home care | Run by the sub-laws | MOI Child Welfare Bureau; regulated by the Child and Youth Welfare Act and its | |
Infant center | |||
School-age child care | The MOI Child Welfare Bureau is in charge of community based SACC; the MOE, Department Elementary Education is in charge of school based SACC | Regulated by the Child and Youth Welfare Act; MOE, Department of Social Education in charge of both community and school based SACC, The Department of Elementary Education is in charge of SACC affiliated to kindergartens | |