ST. EUSTATIUS--Government Commissioner of the public entity St. Eustatius Marnix van Rij has granted licences to eight organisations to operate their childcare centres.
This decision follows the requirements of the Island Basic Ordinance on Childcare in St. Eustatius. All eight centres have met the requirements mentioned in the ordinance, such as a psychological plan, a safe and healthy environment and trained personnel.
Licensed to operate a childcare centre in Statia are the pre-kindergarten divisions of Bethel Methodist School, Seventh-Day Adventist School, Youth Care Foundation, Buzzy Bees Inn day-care centre, Maychee’s day-care centre, Happy Kids nursery, Daughters of the King Foundation and Mega D Youth Foundation.
In close communication with the Best4Kids (B4Kids) programme and the public entity the organisations have been working diligently to meet the criteria. “This means that Statia is one step further in offering quality care to all children in the age range from zero to 12 years old,” said project manager St. Eustatius Angela Dekker.
Local inspectors visited all the centres and made reports for the quality committee to advise the island government about the licensing. “This is one of the important aspects of the B4Kids programme,” said Social Domain director Carol Jack-Roosberg. “Together we will make sure that children are offered quality programmes.”
