Gwanak-gu Provides Emergency Support of 2 to 5 Million KRW for Tuition Refunds and Carryover at Private Kindergartens

Emergency Support of up to 5 Million KRW for Educational Expense Subsidies to Kindergartens Refunding or Carrying Over March Tuition... Contributing to the Management Stability of Private Kindergartens and Reducing the Burden on Kindergarten Parents

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gwanak-gu (Mayor Park Jun-hee) will provide emergency support for educational expense subsidies to kind private kindergartens that refunded or carried over March tuition fees.

This is to help stabilize the management of private kindergartens struggling due to COVID-19 and to reduce the tuition burden on kindergarten parents.

Although refunding March tuition fees due to the COVID-19 delayed school opening is not mandatory for kindergartens, private kindergartens have separate parental fees, and the prolonged COVID-19 situation has added economic burdens to psychological stress, making parents' suffering more severe.

Also, kindergartens are maintaining basic staff such as teachers due to emergency childcare during the indefinite school closure, incurring additional costs such as meals and management fees, making it difficult to refund or carry over tuition fees. In fact, two private kindergartens in the area closed on the 1st due to financial difficulties.

To reduce this burden, the district decided to support COVID-19 quarantine expenses and educational expense subsidies for kind private kindergartens that refund or carry over March tuition fees, and plans to provide differentiated payments ranging from 2 million KRW to a maximum of 5 million KRW considering the number of students and tuition fees.

Applications for educational expense subsidies can be submitted by the 8th, and after review by the Educational Expense Subsidy Deliberation Committee, the funds are expected to be granted around mid-month.

In early March, the district supported 18 private kindergartens with about 140 million KRW for cultural, artistic, and physical education programs that nurture children's dreams and talents, as well as environmental improvement projects related to facility aging and student safety.

Mayor Park Jun-hee stated, “I hope this will be of some help to parents and kindergartens going through difficult times due to COVID-19,” and added, “The district will mobilize all its capabilities to do its best for the swift end of COVID-19.”

Inquiries can be made to the Gwanak-gu Office Education Support Division.

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