Taichung university opens daycare center for faculty and staff｜Taiwan News [ZIALK2kKf33]
Bilingual text here: 雙語文字版: Our official website: ➔ Follow us on Facebook: ➔ X (Twitter): ➔ Figuring out childcare is a daily struggle for most double-income households. Seeking to provide better support for its faculty and staff, National Chung Hsing University is the first national university to set up an employee daycare center. This reduces the burden of childcare for parents working at the school, helping them focus on work knowing their children are safe and sound. National Chung Hsing University’s daycare center is officially open! With its orange pillars and gray-striped walls, it warmly welcomes the children of faculty and staff. Jan Fuh-jyn University president There’s a lot of pressure on teaching and research at the university, so women professors suggested that if the school has a daycare center, it would make them more willing to have children. Kids play happily on the daycare center’s lawn. Now their parents can go to work without having to worry about childcare. Ms. Lin I think I’m really lucky. It’s so great to have this family-friendly workplace. Having this facility makes me want to have children soon. I could leave them here and focus on work with peace of mind. The daycare center looks after children aged up to two years old, and has a teacher-child ratio of one to four. As a quasi-public institution, it’s partially supported by the government. The university also offers faculty and staff childcare discounts ranging from NT$500 to NT$1,000 a month. Liao Ching-chih Taichung Social Affairs Bureau director The quasi-public childcare model means that if parents send their children to the daycare center, we will subsidize NT$14,400 per month, reducing their financial burden. The daycare center can accommodate 60 children, split into four classes. While children of university faculty and staff are given priority, any remaining spots are open to the public. As children’s laughter fills the campus, faculty and staff can work knowing their children are not only safe, but close by. For more Taiwan news, tune in: Mon to Fri at 9:30 pm on Channel 152 Tue to Sat at 1 am on Channel 53 #university #childcare #daycare #NationalChungHsingUniversity #NCHU #family #familyfriendly #children #台灣新聞 #TaiwanNews #民視新聞 #FTV新聞 #Taiwan