The director of a 25-year-old private kindergarten, Zhuang Yanfang, closed the school in 2023 after years of plummeting births. Kindergartens across the country have been struggling, hit by rising overheads as schools compete for fewer children.
søndag 15. september 2024
China Converts Kindergartens to Nursing Homes Amid Baby Decline
As China's birthrate plummets, empty kindergartens are finding new life as nursing homes.These transitions come as the world's second-most populous country grapples with its lowest birthrates in decades and an aging population, forcing both the education and elderly care sectors to adapt. According to a recent report by Chinese state-controlled media outlet Global Times, a former kindergarten in the southern province of Guangdong has been converted into one such home for the elderly.
The director of a 25-year-old private kindergarten, Zhuang Yanfang, closed the school in 2023 after years of plummeting births. Kindergartens across the country have been struggling, hit by rising overheads as schools compete for fewer children.
The director of a 25-year-old private kindergarten, Zhuang Yanfang, closed the school in 2023 after years of plummeting births. Kindergartens across the country have been struggling, hit by rising overheads as schools compete for fewer children.
