Kindergarten closure into a tide, population decline impact on educational resources, kindergarten supply and demand situation is facing a profound change.
In the context of population decline, the Hunan Provincial Department of Education issued a requirement for the orderly organization of kindergarten establishment, transformation and withdrawal.
This decision has attracted widespread attention, because it is the first provincial-level ** in China to officially propose the withdrawal of kindergartens.
In recent years, with the continuous decline of the Chinese population, the number of kindergartens has also shown a clear downward trend. The number of kindergartens in 2022 decreased by 5,610 compared to the previous year, a decrease of nearly 2%.
The number of children in kindergartens began to grow negatively in 2021, with a decrease of 130,000 that year, and the decline widened in 2022, with a decrease of 1.78 million.
The accelerated development of this trend has made the supply and demand situation of kindergartens change drastically, from the original difficult to find a kindergarten to a child.
The closure of a large number of kindergartens has not only brought trouble to parents, but also indicates that the domino effect brought about by the decline in China's birth rate has begun.
In the face of the declining population trend, we should increase investment in early childhood education and improve the quality and popularization of early childhood education.