According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the choice of service provision for childcare models is composed of public, non-profit private, and for-profit private schools. In advanced countries, the public and non-profit private preschools are the primary types of preschools (approx. 90% in Europe, and approx. 70% in the US). In addition, Taiwan is still dominated by for-profit private preschools, accounting for about 70% of all preschools, and public preschools only account for 30%. The high tuition fees of for-profit private preschools lead to a heavy education burden on parents.
Building Publicized Preschools
In order to reduce the pressure on parents to raise children, Taoyuan City has actively added public and non-profit preschools (public preschools in short) to achieve the goal of preschool education by increasing the proportion of public preschool services. The number of public preschools in the 2020 academic year has broken 40%, and 15 preschools, 118 classes, and 3,032 vacancies were added in the 2022 academic year, with sustained planning of additional preschools and classes for satisfying childcare needs by the parents.