With more and more women holding down full-time jobs or running a business full time, there is a growing opportunity for convenience services like creche businesses. The creche center is an important service that allows working mothers focus on their jobs with the assurance that their children are being well cared for and have their early mental and physical needs catered for. There is therefore the need for child care service providers such as creche businesses to build trust with prospective clients. To engender trust when offering this kind of service, complying with regulatory, safety and health requirements would ensure that you have a clean, safe environment that meets regulatory standards and will help build confidence in your clients.<\/p>\n
To gain proper understanding of the regulatory requirements involved in setting up a creche business, we reached out to a FATE Alumni member, Anuoluwapo Akinola who owns and runs a Xtra O Kids, a flourishing creche business in Lagos state. <\/p>\n
The regulatory requirements for starting a creche business include:<\/p>\n
Licensing<\/strong>\n <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Educational Requirements\/Trainings and Certification<\/strong>\n <\/p>\n Infrastructure\/Fun Activities and Equipment<\/strong>\n <\/p>\n Staffing Requirements<\/strong>\n <\/p>\n All employees of the creche are required to have background checks to ensure that hiring them will not put the children at the creche in danger. Child-to-adult ratios (The number of staff required depends also on the number of children. Usually a ratio of 5:1. This means one adult to five children) must be maintained based on the age of the children being cared for. Though the exact ratios vary from state to state, more creche staff are required to care for younger children than older school-aged children[4]<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n Other Requirements<\/strong>\n <\/p>\n All certifications, licenses and inspection results should be hung where parents can easily see them. A working telephone in the center is often required. Parents should have easy access to their children, being able to visit or take them home as needed. A list of policies should be presented to parents before accepting children to inform them of exactly what activities will be available to the child and what disciplinary actions the center will take if necessary.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n [1]<\/span> Jack, Gerard. What Are the Requirements for Opening a Day Care Center? 2015 http:\/\/smallbusiness.chron.com\/requirements-opening-day-care-center-4517.html<\/a>th, 2017 assessed <\/span>\n <\/p>\n [2]<\/span> Paul, Onwueme, Nigerian Business Plan and Proposal Writer, 2013: http:\/\/lagosbusinesses.blogspot.com.ng\/2013\/10\/how-to-set-up-crecheday-care-school-in.html<\/a> Mar 6th, 2017 assessed.<\/p>\n [3]<\/span> Anonymous. How to Setup a Day Care Center in Nigeria? 2008:http:\/\/www.nairaland.com\/122793\/how-setup-day-care-center<\/a>th 2017 assessed.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n [4]<\/span> Jack, Gerard. What Are the Requirements for Opening a Day Care Center? 2015 http:\/\/smallbusiness.chron.com\/requirements-opening-day-care-center-4517.html<\/a>Mar 7th<\/sup>, 2017 assessed <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n
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