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daycare centre

n
(Social Welfare) US and Canadian and Austral and NZ an establishment offering daycare to preschool children, enabling their parents to work full time or have extended relief if child care is a problem. Also called (esp in Britain): day nursery
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Police officers in Naivasha are investigating an incident in which a two-year-old girl died in a daycare centre.
I WOULD like to congratulate the speaker of the Balochistan Assembly for setting up a daycare centre at the assembly to help mothers participate in the session without worrying about their children.
According to the bill, every workplace having 50 or more employees will be bound to establish a daycare centre for working women's kids up to the age of six years.
Raza also visited the daycare centre at KU and said it was necessary to have daycare centres so that working women can perform their official tasks freely.
The first such prefabricated daycare centre will be located in Raahe, where a 1000 square metre facility for six groups of children will be built by the end of 2018.
A 5,000sq ft doggy daycare centre and grooming salon, featuring play areas and canine accommodation, could open if plans are approved.
She was speaking at the inauguration of a daycare centre at Regional Training Institute, Township.
The time period between the data collection from Daycare Centre 1 and Daycare Centre 2 was ~2 weeks.
We have included four learning aspects: (a) importance of ventilation in daycare centres, (b) analysis of the current- state-of-the-art, (c) what is a good indoor-air-quality for a daycare centre and (d) a detailed analysis of the influence of the baby cot.
We have included four learning aspects: (a) importance of ventilation in daycare centres, (b) analysis of the currentstate-of-the-art, (c) what is a good indoor-air-quality for a daycare centre and (d) a detailed analysis of the influence of the baby cot.