in addition the state budget for allocated eur million to preprimary education capital works and to assist the municipalities with the highest preprimary education needs see chapter such projects need to be expanded until the demand for places can be satisfied since preprimary education is so important in preparing a child for basic education it should be changed from an original to a transferred responsibility and become fully funded by the ministry of education through appropriate normatives see also chapter such a move would also contribute to a better monitoring of the sufficiency of places offered in relation to demand for them