The supervising GGDs have serious concerns about nearly 1,300 of the over 15,000 daycare centers and after-school facilities in the Netherlands, AD reported. The newspaper investigated various recent incidents, including two in which children died.
Parents can expect to dig deeper into their pockets to pay for their kids’ childcare this year. Several childcare organizations announced a second rate increase for this year, by an average of 4 percent, RTL Nieuws reports.
The number of dangerous incidents in childcare has grown considerably in the past year, according to figures from the complaints department Klachtenloket Kinderopvang. According to experts, the increase is due to severe staff shortages and high absenteeism, AD reports.