Results
The BES(t) 4 Kids program aims to provide high-quality, safe, and affordable childcare for children in the Caribbean Netherlands, so that every child has the opportunity to fully develop. Therefore, the quality must improve, and the costs of childcare for parents must be reduced. To assess whether the program is effective, we monitor, among other things, how many children are using childcare and benefiting from the program, the level of the parental contribution, and the progress in training professionals in childcare.
Children in childcare
This graph shows the number of children per island that use daycare and out-of-school care. They are reaping the benefits of the improvements brought about by the BES(t) 4 kids programme. In the case of daycare the children involved are aged between 0 and 4, while the children attending out-of-school care are already attending primary school. In the ‘Total’ graph you can see that more and more children are using and are able to use childcare in the Caribbean Netherlands.
SOURCE: Uitvoering van Beleid (UVB) and public entities
Average number of half-days per month
This graph shows for how many sessions per month children in the Caribbean Netherlands attend daycare and out-of-school care.
SOURCE: Uitvoering van Beleid (UVB) (based on organizations participating in the temporary subsidy scheme)
Height of parental contribution per month
This graph shows you how many parents pay for childcare per island. Thanks to the BES(t) 4 kids programme, the parental contribution on Bonaire and St. Eustatius has decreased since 2020. On Saba parents already paid a low contribution for childcare.
SOURCE: Temporary subsidy scheme for financing childcare in the Caribbean Netherlands (on Bonaire it concerns the average parental contribution)
Pedagogical workers who are following a training course
Childcare workers who work with children have to have at least a diploma at Senior Secondary Vocational Education (MBO) level. This is one of the quality requirements of the BES(t) 4 kids programme. The illustration shows the percentage of childcare workers who are in training.
SOURCE: Public entities
Education level pedagogical workers
Childcare workers who work with children have to have at least a diploma at Senior Secondary Vocational Education (MBO) level. This is one of the quality requirements of the BES(t) 4 kids programme. The illustration shows the education level of the pedagogical workers.
SOURCE: Public entities