Preschool education ("Frühpädagogik") is increasingly seen as an integral part of education as a whole; several states such as Bavaria have released detailed educational plans for daycare carriers who claim state subsidies. "Early pedagogics" has increasingly moved into the academic domain, with an increasing number of staff being trained at universities of applied science ("Fachhochschulen") and regular universities. Non-academic personnel in daycare facilities have usually attended specialized schools for several years. In the state of Bavaria for example, daycare assistants ("Kinderpfleger") will have attended school for two years, daycare teachers ("Erzieher") for three years with an additional two-year internship.