Kita places in Vegesack: The relief for families is getting closer!

Kita places in Vegesack: The relief for families is getting closer!

Bremen is facing an exciting kindergarten year 2025/2026, which will begin in nine weeks. In Vegesack there is reason to hope that for the first time in years all registered children could get a place in a daycare center. According to the Weser Kurier Were available on March 1, 399 nativity scenes, whereby from the 303 registered children remained 96 places free.

In the elementary area, the situation looks similar: there are 1411 seats here, with 1254 children being registered and 154 places were unused. In contrast, the location in the after -school care center is different: there are only 240 seats here, but 298 registered children need a place, which leads to a deficiency of 58 places. This situation is worrying for many families. The number of unsupply children rose from 26 in March to 43 in May. It is recommended that affected parents contact the specialist control center to find alternative facilities.

A look at the care situation

The continuing bottlenecks in childcare are a topic that is discussed loudly in Bremen and beyond. As the Statistics of the Federal Office , there is a clear need for more care places in Germany, especially for children under three years. According to Statista , on March 1, 2023, a maximum of 36.4 percent, but there is a constant struggle to find a suitable place.

The challenges are diverse: a lack of daycare centers particularly affects families with small children, and the shortage of skilled workers in daycare centers contributes to the problem. Despite the efforts to expand personnel resources, reality often looks different. For example, daycare centers have increasingly difficulty gaining qualified staff, which means that opening times often have to be reduced.

expansion and development of support

The population predicts a growing demand for daycare places for Bremen, since from next year parents will have a legal claim to all-day care in schools. In addition, the opening of a new daycare center on Martinsheide (Kita Krachmacherstraße) is imminent, which is expected to go into operation in August. With this expansion, part of the needs will hopefully be covered, but whether this can happen remains to be seen in view of the personnel situation and the uncertain willingness of the parents to send their children to other institutions.

The discussion about conversion of childcare options between the crib and the elementary area is also an important topic in which the room situation and the legal claim to after -school places represent decisive factors. So the coming year could be crucial for how Bremen meets the challenges in early childhood care.

The situation may begin to relax, but according to Stefanie Semrau, a trend reversal is not yet in sight. In order to create a sufficient number of childcare places, all efforts must be bundled so that children in Bremen experience good care.