Results
The BES(t) 4 kids program wants to ensure good quality, safe and affordable childcare for children in the Caribbean Netherlands, so that every child has the opportunity to develop to their full potential. Therefore the costs of childcare must decrease for parents and the quality must increase. To find out the effectiveness of the program, we monitor among others how many children participate in childcare and benefit from the program, the level of parental contribution and the training of child care professionals.
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
SOURCE: Uitvoering van Beleid (UVB) (based on organizations participating in the temporary subsidy scheme)
Height of parental contribution per month
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
SOURCE: Public entities
Pedagogical workers who comply with diploma requirements
SOURCE: Public entities