Assemblyman Park Ji-won Proposes Government Special Support for Daycare Centers, Kindergartens, and Academies
"Special Support Measures to Be Prepared Until COVID-19 Is Controlled, Will Propose to Ministers of Education and Health and Welfare"
[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Representative Park Ji-won (Mokpo, Jeonnam, Minsheng Party) announced on the 7th that he will actively propose to the government temporary special support for daycare centers, kindergartens, and academies that are not properly receiving government aid as home care increases due to the 'COVID-19' situation.
Representative Park Ji-won explained, "With daycare centers and kindergartens closed for three weeks due to the COVID-19 situation, home care has increased, causing a greater burden on parents and creating a vicious cycle where daycare centers and kindergartens are not properly receiving government childcare subsidies." He added, "Daycare centers and kindergartens receive institutional childcare fees (184,000 to 500,000 KRW per child per month) only if children are registered and attend even for a day, but recently, as the number of unregistered and withdrawn children has increased, institutional childcare fees have decreased accordingly, making it difficult to even pay childcare teachers' salaries properly."
He continued, "Although 27.1 billion KRW has been included in the government's supplementary budget to expand childcare allowances for parents choosing home care, there are no measures to address the reduction in institutional childcare fees for daycare centers and kindergartens. If corporate, private, and home daycare centers and private kindergartens, which account for a large portion of childcare in our country, close due to financial difficulties, a 'childcare crisis' will occur and the childcare system itself could collapse," he said.
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He added, "Not only daycare centers and kindergartens but also academies that are closed according to government policy are facing concerns about financial difficulties. I will actively request Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Yoo Eun-hye and Minister of Health and Welfare Park Neung-hoo to prepare special support measures such as emergency business stabilization funds, employment retention subsidies, and child allowance payments until COVID-19 is controlled."
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