The Evolution of Day-care Centres and Nurseries in Ibadan

Abstract

Summary: . A survey of day-care centres and nurseries in Ibadan has revealed that most of the centres were recently established and nearly all were privately owned. Their location, opening hours and fees reflect the social and economic needs of working mothers in the diffe rent social areas. The study has also shown that all pre-school child-care institutions lacked governmental supervision and guidance and consequently were found to be overcrowded and understaffed. In order to improve the standards of substitute child-care at a reasonable cost, it is recommended that all centres must be registered and supervised by the appropriate authority and that the government should encou rage non-profit making organisations to become involved in the provision of pre school child-care services.