Blue and yellow offensive

Kindergartens are expanding: More space for two-year-olds

Neulengbach Mayor Jürgen Rummel, Provincial Councillor Christiane Teschl-Hofmeister, Lower Austrian Association of Municipalities President Johannes Pressl, Education Councillor Maria Rigler with Sebastian, Carolin and Alexej.(Bild: NLK Burchhart)

Childcare is being further expanded in Lower Austria: From September, there will be far more places for the little ones.

They are probably one of the most exciting times in a child's life, and parents also have to get used to them: The first days at kindergarten. Everything is ready for the start of this year's season!

In Neulengbach in the district of St. Pölten, Christiane Teschl-Hofmeister, State Councillor for Education, gave an outlook on the upcoming kindergarten year 2024/25. Together with Johannes Pressl, President of the Association of Municipalities, she explained in the newly built kindergarten in the district of Haag: "With the start of the school and kindergarten year in September, the next big chunk of the blue-yellow childcare offensive will be tackled. Now it's specifically about integrating two-year-olds into childcare."

Regarding the prerequisites, the two politicians say that a total of 93% of municipalities have already created the opportunity to offer places in a kindergarten or daycare facility to the first two-year-olds from September 2024. According to Teschl-Hofmeister, it is a "great achievement by the municipalities that things are happening so quickly and that construction is taking place with such zeal".