Chisinau - Post Report Question and Answers
Are preschools available? Day care? Are these expensive? What has been your experience with them, if any? Do the schools provide before- and/or after-school care?
Lots of fantastic preschools that offer full day care. Ours is open from 7:30-6:00 and is very affordable. - Sep 2023
Day care is very common. Day care in English is less common but I believe there are at least two or three. I know that Heritage has an expat-oriented day care/kindergarten associated with it:"CHIPS", located in the Telecentru area. - Apr 2019
Lots of places are available in the local language. As far as I know, there is only one (good) preschool (aside from expensive QSI) that offers a program in English but it fills up fast. Their location is at the Mall. - Feb 2014
We sent our child to one of the local daycare facilities and we were not particularly happy with it. Part of this has to do with our own education philosophy. For example, the teachers hold your child's hand when they are coloring...partially so that you preschool-aged child can go home with perfectly-colored examples of their work. During one of our visits, we were disappointed to see that our child along with the other American children appeared to be largely ignored by the local staff, most of whom had only limited English speaking ability. - May 2010
Although I do not have children, the school seems adequate for younger children but is lacking a lot for high school aged children. - Mar 2010
