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MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1989
ON A SEPARATE ISSUE, SWAC MEMBERS ALSO HAD A DETAILED DISCUSSION ON A POLICY PAPER ON THE PROVISION OF DAY CRECHE WHICH WAS PRODUCED BY SWD, HAVING REGARD ΤΟ THE VIEWS VOLUNTARY SECTOR.
SERVICE OF THE
IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT:
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THE FEE ASSISTANCE FOR THE DAY NURSERY SHOULD BE TO DAY CRECHES.
EXTENDED
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SWD TO ESTABLISH A CENTRAL DAY CRECHE REGISTRY TO COLLECT AND ANALYSE INFORMATION FROM DAY CRECHES ON SUCCESSFUL, UNSUCCESSFUL, AND WAITLISTED APPLICATIONS IN ORDER TO ASSESS DEMAND FOR SUBVENTED DAY CRECHE PLACES, BOTH OVERALL AND IN SPECIFIC LOCALITIES AND DETERMINE WHETHER THE TARGET POPULATION IS BEING APPROPRIATELY SERVED BY THE PREVAILING SOCIAL NEED AND INCOME CRITERIA.
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ΤΟ ASSIST IN A
PHASED MANNER THE DEVELOPMENT OF NON-PROFIT-MAKING DAY CRECHES THROUGH ASSISTANCE IN ACCOMMODATION, REIMBURSEMENT OF RENT AND RATES AND FITTING-OUT COSTS, AND A SUBSIDY ΤΟ CUSHION THE OPERATOR AGAINST ENROLMENT FLUCTUATION.
AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 19 DAY CRECHES (18 SUBVENTED AND ONE NON- PROFIT-MAKING CRECHE), PROVIDING A TOTAL OF 981 PLACES. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE FIVE MIXED CENTRES (DAY AND RESIDENTIAL CRECHE AND NURSERY} IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
THESE FIVE PRIVATE CENTRES PROVIDE A TOTAL OF 302 PLACES OF VARIOUS KINDS INCLUDING DAY CRECHES.
NEW RECOMMENDATIONS FROM SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE WORKING GROUP
THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE WORKING GROUP, AT MEETING TODAY, HAS AGREED RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE PUT TO THE FOR DECISION.
ITS
FOURTH GOVERNMENT
THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE :
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TO CONTINUE THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE AS A SCHEME PROVIDE ECONOMICAL MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN DURING THE PERIOD OF THEIR COMPULSORY EDUCTION FROM PRIMARY ONE TO SECONDARY THREE.
HEALTH FOR ALL SCHOOL
TO RECOMMEND TO THE FORTHCOMING REVIEW OF PRIMARY CARE A COMPREHENSIVE
CHILDREN.
SCREENING
PROGRAMME
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