Early Childhood Education

The "In Good Hands" partnership has introduced a program aimed at revolutionizing early childhood education. The initiative proposes reducing the educator-to-toddler ratio to one for every three children and significantly easing the financial burden on parents, who currently cover about 70% of daycare costs.

More than 20,000 toddlers are expected to start the school year without a place in supervised daycare centers, a jump of about 20% compared to last year. The Daycare Forum and Na'amat warn that the shortage of caregivers has already become a social and economic crisis.