5.6.4 Does your university as a body have accessible childcare facilities for students which allow recent mothers to attend university courses?
Al Maarefa University recognizes the importance of supporting recent mothers in continuing their education. The university offers accessible childcare facilities to students with young children, allowing mothers to attend their courses with the assurance that their children are well-cared for. These services are provided free of charge to support female students in balancing their academic and personal responsibilities, thus promoting gender equality and inclusivity within the academic environment. This initiative aligns with the university’s commitment to fostering an accommodating and supportive campus.
Almaarefa University childcare services for Staff and Students
https://www.um.edu.sa/old/en/node/372
In 2022 Almaarefa University signed an agreement in collaboration with Joy Hub Nursery in order for the nursery to provide the necessary services for the children of university members staff and students.
ALMAAREFA UNIVERSITY
Agreement Almaarefa University and Joy Hub Nursery
Nursery Joy Hub signs a mutual agreement with Almaarefa University in which Joy Hub provides childcare service in its facilities to young children of students and employees of the university, the service offered by Joy Hub offers basic education to young children as well as the proper food while the children are in the nursery, this service will only be free for the children of students and staff members at UM.
Joy Hub agrees to comply with the following:
→ Provide basic education to children during their stay in nursery.
→ Provide the respective food for the children during their stay in the nursery. → Provide the necessary security to children during their stay in the nursery.
This agreement is effective from January 13, 2022
Joy Hub Facilities
https://www.instagram.com/joyhubksa/?hl=es
The Joy Hub facilities allow children to carry out different activities in which they learn while playing and socializing, in this way their days at the nursery are beneficial.
Joy Hub Services
https://www.um.edu.sa/en/node/372
Joy Hub Nursery Provides quality childcare services, learning, cultural activities, games that enrich the daily days of the children in the daycare. Almaarefa University provides this service with the purpose that staff mothers and fathers can be calm knowing that their children are well.
Joy Hub Aim
https://www.instagram.com/joyhubksa/?hl=es
The aim of Joy Hub Nursery is to facilitate optimum development of the child’s full potential and lay the foundation for all round development and lifelong learning.
Child Enrollment Form
Nursery Agreement
Alternatives provided by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Enroll in Qurrah Program (Supporting Childcare for Working Women)
An e-service provided by the Human Resources Development Fund (Hadaf) that provide childcare services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with the intent to improve and develop the environment and facilities of the children’s hospitality sector while simultaneously supporting the expansion of working Saudi women in the private sector. The service creates a frame of communication that bridges the gap between hospitality centers, leading to marketing those services to guardians looking for efficient day-care centers to register their children.
