Bhubaneswar: Utkal University here will soon become the first state-run varsity in Odisha to set up a daycare centre for its employees to support the needs of working parents.
According to sources, 10 to 15 children in the age group of six months to three years will be initially admitted to the creche with well-trained workers. It will also have nursing corners for new mothers, child-friendly toilets and age-appropriate play areas.
The employees will have to pay a one-time registration fee of Rs 2,000 and monthly fees of Rs 3,500 to avail the facility, which will remain open from 10.30 am to 4.30 pm on all working days except government holidays.
To make the facility sustainable, children of neighbouring areas will also be given admission, the sources added.
