According to standards, there should be one pedagogue per maximum six children in kindergarten (maximum three children in nursery). Unfortunately, less than 50% of the personnel hired have a pedagogic education. The government wants to create the possibility of training at the workplace.
Municipalities are already encouraging unskilled personnel working in nurseries and kindergartens to undertake education to become an assistant pedagogue. If you have worked two years in a nursery/kindergarten and are over 25 years old, you can get qualified in 42 weeks. To become a pedagogue, you need three and a half years of education.
An initiative called ”Minding the baby,” rolled out in 10 municipalities for the past couple of years, is showing results in reducing the number of children being fostered outside the home. Through the program, a health nurse and a family therapist make regular visits to vulnerable families to support them through the process of parenthood.
Since the last parliamentary election in 2022, 17 members of the Danish Parliament have switched political parties. This week, Christian Friis Bach, a prominent and long-term member of Radikale Venstre (Social Liberals), changed to Venstre (Liberals).
The three government leaders are discussing who should be Denmark’s next commissioner. For the last 20 years, the post has been occupied by three women: Mariann Fischer Boel (Venstre), Connie Hedegaard (Konservative) and Margrethe Vestager (Radikale Venstre), respectively. Experts point out that if Denmark continues the tradition, it can expect one of the more important “ministries” in the new EU Commission. A decision will be made soon.
