“There is an urgent need to clarify that non-profit municipal and association gardens are indeed a priority of the government”

LThe deficit affecting the early childhood field is profound: we know that there is a shortage of 10,000 professionals in France. These professions are necessary, it is necessary to revive the sectors and to do this, first of all, their financial revaluation. This appears to be included in the new 2023-2027 targets agreement for the National Family Benefit Fund, and this is an encouraging sign. But other emergencies remain.

The shortage can only be solved by significantly opening up additional places in training institutions, especially in the two most stressed professions, namely: Child Care Assistant and Early Childhood Educator (ECE).

If the state clearly outlines the obligation of the regions to match the number of places to the needs of the territory within the framework of public early childhood services, will we wait for its implementation or not 1.^Eh January 2025 to increase training opportunities? Are we going to waste more than a year in areas where the regional councils turn a deaf ear, for example in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, knowing that EJE training takes three years?

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How is it that at Parcoursup these sectors remain highly selective, even though the lack of oversight in eye-catching centers in our areas is evident and risks leading to the complete closure of ECEC facilities?

The shortage causes kindergartens to become dysfunctional due to the inability to employ them in all communities and has led to many “freezes” of cribs by municipalities. Professionals, highly desirable, are very unstable. But the competition is unfair!

Indeed, private childcare centers can hire directly on permanent contracts, while we local authorities are forced to hire on fixed-term contracts while we await success in the local civil service competition.

For three years, we, the elected representatives of local government, have been calling for an ordinance to be promulgated that would allow us to hire early career professionals directly based on their qualifications to stem their flight to the private sector. what about him when will we know It’s urgent!

Pride of place for private nurseries

We also have great concerns about the direction and choices made by the new Minister of Solidarity and Families, Aurore Berge, following the departure of his Chief of Staff and Deputy Director, with whom we have been building the future public early childhood service for two years, which will make municipalities the organizing body for everything that 1 applies to this sector^Eh January 2025.