Daejeon City to Expand Operation of '0-Year-Old Exclusive Daycare Centers' to 30 Locations by Next Year

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Daejeon City will expand and operate 30 local “0-year-old exclusive daycare centers” by next year.

According to the city on the 17th, Daejeon has been running 11 pilot 0-year-old exclusive daycare centers since July last year. As a result, there was a high response from parents, and the demand showed a noticeable increase.

Accordingly, the city recently held a childcare policy committee meeting and decided to newly designate and operate 10 0-year-old exclusive daycare centers this year.

Additionally, by next year, the city plans to add 9 more 0-year-old exclusive daycare centers, operating a total of 30 centers, allowing dual-income couples facing career interruption risks after maternity leave to confidently entrust their infants.

First, this year, two centers were selected per autonomous district. The newly designated 0-year-old exclusive daycare centers are ▲ Dong-gu Bomulseom Daycare Center, Imom Daycare Center ▲ Jung-gu Kkomabyeol Daycare Center, Oryu Daycare Center ▲ Seo-gu Pureun Daycare Center, Yeondu Ainuri Daycare Center ▲ Yuseong-gu Daniel Daycare Center, Happy Tree Daycare Center ▲ Daedeok-gu Munpyeong Daycare Center, Brain Eye Daycare Center.

The city will also assign a total of 10 additional childcare teachers to these daycare centers. The recruited childcare teachers will be those with experience of grade 4 or higher, and two childcare teachers will care for three children. Generally, one childcare teacher in regular daycare centers cares for three infants.

From this year, 0-year-old exclusive daycare centers will receive operational expense support and provide infants with baby food made from eco-friendly organic ingredients and customized programs.

The city has also started preparations to expand 0-year-old exclusive daycare centers next year. With a budget of 5.9 billion KRW, the plan is to expand Daejeon Municipal Daycare Center and Euneungjeongi Daycare Center and additionally designate seven existing daycare centers as 0-year-old exclusive daycare centers.

Daejeon Municipal Daycare Center will increase its existing 0-year-old classes from 6 to 10, enabling the care of up to 30 additional 0-year-old infants. The expansion is scheduled to be completed by October next year.

Also, Euneungjeongi Daycare Center will be newly built and relocated to Seonhwa-dong, expanding its 0-year-old classes from 2 to 6, with a capacity of up to 18 infants. Completion is scheduled for February next year.

The childcare fees for 0-year-old exclusive daycare centers will be supported at the same level as regular daycare centers, and admission priority will also be applied equally.

For more detailed information about 0-year-old exclusive daycare centers, please check the city’s official website.

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