BMA to lower child center entry age to 3 months

Matichon•General•20h ago

Reader Briefing

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is drafting new regulations to allow child development centers to accept children starting from 3 months of age.

•Sanon Wangsrangboon chaired a public hearing on July 20 at the Din Daeng District Office.
•The proposed regulation lowers the minimum age for entry into child development centers from 2 years to 3 months.
•The BMA aims to support urban parents who must work and lack sufficient childcare options for children aged 0-3 years.

Overview

•On July 20 at 09.30, Sanon Wangsrangboon opened a knowledge exchange activity at the Ratchadaphisek Meeting Room, Din Daeng District Office.
•The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration currently has 239,413 early childhood children aged 0-6 years.
•The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is drafting new regulations to allow child development centers to accept children from 3 months old, whereas the previous limit was 2-6 years.
•Sanon Wangsrangboon stated the BMA will consider adjusting the ratio of caregivers and expanding service hours to accommodate parents working outside official hours.
•Out of 258 child development centers in the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, only 39 can use BMA budgets for building renovations due to land rights restrictions.
•The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is coordinating with landowners, including temples, the Treasury Department, the National Housing Authority, and the private sector, to develop centers.
•The Social Development Department is conducting hearings with 120 childcare teachers to finalize the draft regulation based on the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Ordinance on Child Development Centers 2026.

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Key Quotes

Sanon Wangsrangboon

"Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is ready to listen to all suggestions from childcare teachers to improve the draft regulation for maximum benefit and jointly create a quality early childhood care system."

กรุงเทพมหานครพร้อมรับฟังทุกข้อเสนอแนะจากครูผู้ดูแลเด็ก เพื่อนำไปปรับปรุงร่างระเบียบให้เกิดประโยชน์สูงสุด และร่วมกันสร้างระบบการดูแลเด็กปฐมวัยที่มีคุณภาพ

Key Entities

Person

Sanon Wangsrangboon(ศานนท์ หวังสร้างบุญ)ℹ️

Deputy Governor of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration who chaired the public hearing on childcare regulations.

Organization

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration(กรุงเทพมหานคร)ℹ️

The local government body managing child development centers and drafting new early childhood care regulations.

Social Development Department(สำนักนักพัฒนาสังคม)

The BMA department responsible for preparing the draft regulation on child development centers.

Treasury Department(กรมธนารักษ์)

One of the land-owning agencies the BMA is coordinating with to improve child center buildings.

National Housing Authority(การเคหะแห่งชาติ)

One of the land-owning agencies the BMA is coordinating with to improve child center buildings.

Place

Din Daeng District Office(สำนักงานเขตดินแดง)

The location where the knowledge exchange activity on childcare regulations was held.

Policy

Draft BMA Regulation on Child Development Centers B.E. ...(ร่างระเบียบกรุงเทพมหานคร ว่าด้วยศูนย์พัฒนาเด็กก่อนวัยเรียน พ.ศ. …)

The proposed regulation aimed at expanding access and quality of early childhood care in Bangkok.

Law

BMA Ordinance on Child Development Centers 2026(ข้อบัญญัติกรุงเทพมหานคร เรื่อง ศูนย์พัฒนาเด็กก่อนวัยเรียน พ.ศ. 2569)

The legal ordinance that serves as the basis for the new draft regulation on child development centers.