Reality of large-scale retirement of nursery teachers.Incidents are also increasing."I can't take responsibility with this number of people".Immediate treatment improvement and information disclosure are urgently needed.
"I can't take responsibility with this number of people. I want you to be aware that you are in charge of your precious life." A private garden in the metropolitan area. At the end of March this year, due to the sudden retirement of a colleague's nursery teacher, the remaining nursery teachers asked the management company to increase the number of staff. A female nursery teacher in her 20s complained in tears.
Yoshitaka Gomi (31), who works as a nursery teacher in Kawasaki City, said, ``The nursery school I used to work at had a lot of work, but my salary didn't increase even after working for many years. I quit one after another, saying, "No." I quit when I saw that.
Insufficient staffing and childcare by unfamiliar people can lead to accidents in the nursery. The number of accidents at nursery schools and kindergartens is steadily increasing. Experts point out that one factor is the lack of leeway on site due to a shortage of workers. It takes a certain amount of time to get used to the playground equipment and road conditions around the kindergarten, and the more inexperienced childcare workers there are, the more dangerous it becomes.
Associate Professor Akiko Minowa of the Faculty of Economics at Meijo University, who is well versed in childcare issues, points out that the shortage of childcare workers will become more serious if the need for childcare increases due to free childcare. ``In order for parents to be able to leave their children with peace of mind, we need a stable wage for childcare workers,'' she said.
On the other hand, the problem that basic information such as retirement status is not informed is serious.
In this survey, there were examples in Bunkyo Ward and Suginami Ward where most of the nursery teachers were replaced at once, but which kindergarten was not disclosed. The reality is that many wards have not investigated in detail the reasons for the mass retirements.
Originally, it is desirable for the nursery school itself to disclose information, but there are few places that do so themselves. Yoshifumi Yonezawa, a professor at Wakayama University, pointed out the limitations of entrusting childcare workers to daycare centers, saying, ``Even though childcare workers leaving their jobs is important information, it's the thing that nurseries want to hide the most.'' He argues that the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and local governments should take responsibility and get involved. Setagaya Ward, for example, surveys the retirement status of each nursery school and makes it available for anyone to view on the ward's website.