ALEXANDRIA – Leave your children atnursery it is indispensable for many working mothers and fathers, also to prevent the choice to be parents from forcing one of them, and usually women, to give up their job. The straight of the nest, even if differentiated based on the ISEE, are salty in most cities and families hope to place their children in one public structure For reduce costs at least a little. It counted towards entry into a municipal nursery also an father who lives in Alessandria and who, together with his partner, filled out the request in time.
The parent followed “faithfully” all the information provided by Nursery service and answered the various questions in a manner “honest and sincere”. In the provisional list of those admitted, the family remained lower than the threshold that would have guaranteed entry into one of the municipal structures of the capital in September. AND “to bitterness” the father added “the disappointment” when he asked explanations to the offices on checks carried out in the Municipality to draw up the ranking. To answer some questions and earn points, the father explained, just “a self-certification”. Each municipality sets its own parameters when it comes to nursery schools but in Alessandria, for example, work more or less than 36 hours per week moves a small handful of points which however can prove decisive when there are few places and many questions. The parent would have liked to have guarantees of strict controls. However, this was not the case: “I was told they are not done” the father said. The parent doesn’t want to point the finger at other families but at one selection that has a huge impact on family life and budgets would like to be sure that it is “honesty to pay”, and to gain positions in the ranking.
The parent’s report was reported, lThe councilor for Educational Services of Palazzo Rosso, Marina Cornara, she inquired with the offices and explained that she had received a different response from the one received from the father who contacted the editorial team. THE checks on applications “There are”the member of the Council assured: “For self-employed workers, the control is 100%, as well as for applications submitted by parents with a fixed-term employment contract”. For the permanent workers, the controls are instead “randomly”, added the councilor: “But that’s what the law requires.”
The Alexandrian father does not have much hope of being able to gain positions in the final ranking and has already inquired about the fees of private facilities. From initial calculations he will have to pay around 300 euros more per month than he would have paid in a municipal nursery school. An expense that significantly unbalances family budgets, even if both parents work. The lack of places in public nursery schools is not just a problem in Alessandria. Italy remains far from European standards and the request that has been coming for years from families throughout the country is for increase, and in some cases have, places available in public kindergartens. “THEThe Alessandria Municipality is working to increase places in nursery schools” assured the councilor Cornara but, also at a national level, an intervention is needed to lower the fees and in many cases also to reconcile, more better, the timetables of public structures with the working days of parents who cannot count on the precious help of grandparents or other family members. Otherwise the nest, even where it exists, will always be bigger “a luxury” which fewer and fewer families will be able to afford, and not just because of the few places available.
