The problem with the payment of compensation to parents whose children are not accepted into state nurseries and kindergartens continues. VMRO – BND recall that a month earlier there was the same problem - then the issue was resolved in a hurry and piecemeal. But this decision was a one-time decision and to date the problem is returning like a boomerang. Parents reported this, indicating that only a month ago they received the compensation for November and December 2024. And it is already the end of April. The money for compensation is delayed for months.
VMRO admires the decision for financial compensation to parents whose children are not classified for municipal kindergartens and nurseries and therefore attend private childcare facilities. This is a good practice and supporting these families will contribute to improving the demographic picture in the country. The demographic issue is the most important one facing our country – at the moment we, the Bulgarians, are rapidly disappearing. Therefore, taking measures, such as the one for compensation for children not accepted into municipal childcare facilities, must be further developed and encouraged.
But in this particular case, the mechanism for the actual implementation of the assistance is clearly not working properly. Therefore, the responsible Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education and Science urgently need to take measures and change this. The compensations must be paid every month on time – as is the case with all social payments from the state to citizens.
In the current situation, the institutions are once again sowing division in society and pitting some Bulgarian families against others – those whose children have qualified for a municipal or state kindergarten or nursery, and those whose children are forced to attend a private one due to a lack of places in the municipal and state ones.
There is a problem and it must be solved radically. Without more excuses and without requests. The endless deadlines complicate the process and we are not working in the right direction for faster and timely monthly payment of compensation to parents.