A parliamentary commission of inquiry… and two reports. After six months of hearings and travel, the parliamentary commission of inquiry into the economic model of nurseries and the quality of care for young children in their establishments was due to meet on Monday, May 27, to vote the text written by the rapporteur, MP Sarah Tanzilli (Renaissance, Rhône). The 276-page document, which The world was able to consult, explores the abuses of the sector after the death by poisoning, in 2022, in Lyon, of an 11-month-old baby in a private crèche.
But a 28-page “counter-report”, written by the La France insoumise (LFI) deputies of the commission of inquiry, was also made public the same day. A way, for these parliamentarians who are at the origin of the request for the creation of the commission of inquiry, to refocus the debate and the proposals on “the abuses of the lucrative private daycare business” and on the way in which the public authorities allowed “this forced march of commodification” of the early childhood sector. At a time when a public early childhood service is being established, these two works develop different visions of this public policy under construction.
Exhaustion of professionals, deterioration of the quality of reception, primarily quantitative logic of creating places, financialization of the sector… The inventory, which constitutes a large part of the report written by Mme Tanzilli, broadly summarizes what recent work (in particular two investigative books released in 2023 and reports from the general inspection of social affairs) have already highlighted.
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With several recommendations, some of which echo those that have been formulated in the past, such as strengthening initial and continuing training, or even negotiating with the regions to create additional training places. Concerning salaries, which constitute a key issue in the attractiveness of these professions, the rapporteur concedes that it “will probably have to go further” as the recent increases of 100 to 150 euros net per month granted to certain professionals, without making it a strong focus of the report.
“Perverse effects”
Sarah Tanzilli concentrates her proposals, saying she is convinced that “the funding model has created a vicious circle making reception failures possible”. It’s time to “to overhaul a system that has run out of steam”, believes the MP.
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