Working parents always strive to arrange their child in kindergarten. Therefore, the problem of choosing a suitable institution sooner or later confronts young parents. Fashion trends in the organization of private educational institutions did not pass by pre-school education. A growing number of such institutions offer their services to assist parents in raising their children.
So what to choose? State or ? What are their differences, advantages and disadvantages? We will try to answer these questions.
Firstly, the contract that will be offered to you in the municipal kindergarten has a standard form common to the whole city. Any additional clauses cannot be included in the contract at your request. Private kindergartens can go to meet you and prescribe in the contract some features of your child’s stay at the educational institution (within reason of course). You will most likely not be provided with a separate room for daytime sleep, but you can specify the possibility of a daily extension of your stay in kindergarten beyond normal time or additional music or speech therapy sessions in the contract.
Secondly, the salary of staff in a private kindergarten is usually significantly higher than the salaries of public institutions, respectively, the requirements for qualifications of employees are higher. Therefore, parents can be sure that they leave their child in reliable, experienced hands.
Thirdly, the services provided by a private kindergarten are significantly more expensive than in their municipal counterparts. This is due to the fact that in a private kindergarten parents make only monthly payments to a bank account, all other additional payments are absent. You can be sure that at the parent meeting you will not be asked to donate a certain amount of money for new furniture, toys, a carpet or a water heater. Providing all this takes the leadership of the kindergarten. In a state kindergarten, the amount of such “surcharges” sometimes exceeds the official cost of services by several times. And no one refuses, "because this is all for our children." As a result, the cost of a child’s stay in a state kindergarten can sometimes exceed the cost of a private kindergarten.
Fourthly, private educational institutions in our country are traditionally under the vigilant attention of various regulatory authorities, so the high quality of food preparation and a varied menu are guaranteed. Not a single state kindergarten has yet been closed for the mass poisoning of children in the dining room. The maximum dismiss the culprits. If this happens in a private kindergarten, it will simply cease to exist. Irreversible damage will be caused to business reputation, the organization will be deprived of the right to engage in preschool education of children, etc. etc. Therefore, the organization of high-quality and safe nutrition for your child can be assured.
Fifthly, in private kindergartens there is often the possibility of a child staying at night. In Soviet times, there were special kindergartens for children, whose parents often go on business trips or take up night shifts (for example, doctors). Today there are no such state kindergartens, therefore for parents whose work is associated with the frequent absence of a house at night, such a private kindergarten will be a real salvation.
Ultimately, the choice remains with the parents, and often when choosing a suitable kindergarten, they pay attention not to the quality of the preschool educational institution, but to the official cost of services and proximity to home.