In response to the community's demand for the quality of childcare services, the Social Welfare Bureau has commissioned the Faculty of Education, University of Macau to conduct the “Nursery Services Evaluation Plan” since 2013. The Faculty has worked together with the local childcare industry for the “Nurseries Self-evaluation Brochure and Scale of Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR)” and implemented the “Nursery Services Evaluation Manual of Macao SAR”.

There are so far 41 subsidized nurseries in Macao conducting annual self-evaluation on a regular basis. Meanwhile, 18 of these subsidized nurseries have completed external evaluations. Their results of self-evaluations were verified and given professional advice through the in-house assessment of third-party experts, so as to assist the nurseries in further improvement and upgrading. The Social Welfare Bureau will continue promoting the “Nursery Services Evaluation Plan” to increase the service quality of nurseries.