THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO CHANGE THE LAW CONCERNING MATERNAL ASSISTANTS

From Cotidianul Monday, June 12, 2006

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THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO CHANGE THE LAW CONCERNING MATERNAL ASSISTANTS

Bogdan Panait, State Secretary for the National Authority for the Protection of the Child's Rights, recognizes that the system of maternal assistants has problems in the area of monitoring and in the area of the selection of personnel. These exist, he says, because the choice of maternal assistants is "made hastily".

The solution suggested by the National Authority for the Protection of the Child's Rights is to increase the preparation time for the maternal assistants from 40 hours to 300 hours. They will also be more rigorous in the selection of maternal assistants and they want to involve NGO's a well. Panait assured us that, "This new law will come into force on Jan. 1, 2007."