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This week the new 5-group state kindergarten St. Paul was officially opened in Krems. The new educational facility was built on a two-story barrier-free wooden structure and has been in operation since February of this year. I would like to warmly congratulate you on the grand opening of the new kindergarten and wish you all the best for your future educational work. Together with the municipalities the state of Lower Austria is making every effort to further expand the range of childcare offers throughout the state and so I am pleased that we were able to respond to the needs of the population here in Krems and are now able to celebrate the opening of the new facility explains education state councilor Christiane Teschl-Hofmeister during the opening.The new educational facility consists of a total of five group rooms staff rooms the managers office an exercise room and a multifunctional room two tea kitchens and various ancillary rooms such as sanitary facilities and cloakrooms. For municipalities today the range of childcare facilities is a decisive quality criterion. The availability of childcare is a prerequisite for freedom of choice for families and young parents because only when parents know that their children are well looked after can they freely choose whether and when to go back to work explains the regional education councilor.According to Statistics Austria 55286 children were cared for in Lower Austria kindergartens in the 202021 educational year 54888 in the previous year. The number of supervised kindergarten children in Lower Austria has been consistently high for years. With 97.3 percent of 3 to 5-year-old children in an institutional childcare facility we are at the top of the federal states and well above the Austrian average of currently 93 percent when it comes to childcare in this age group concluded Teschl-Hofmeister.
