#regional development

Three Ungheni kindergartens get nursery groups under a national programme: “Andrieș”, “Delia” and “Licurici”

The government has added three nursery projects for the municipality of Ungheni to the Single Programming Document — new groups for children under three at the “Andrieș”, “Delia” and “Licurici” kindergartens. They are 3 of the 99 projects funded across the country, and the town had prepared them since January, when a public consultation estimated a shortfall of 150–200 nursery places. The stakes are higher than they seem: although the district now has half as many births as a decade ago, demand for nurseries has shifted to the town, where parents need a safe place so they can return to work. The flip side: the programme is open only to localities of at least 3,000 residents, so the district's villages are left out.