Jeonju City Expands Public Childcare Centers to Attract Population Influx

The city of Jeonju signed an agreement on the 9th with a trustee to operate public childcare centers in multi-family housing complexes such as Eco City Desiang Block 7. Photo by Jeonju City

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Gominhyeong] Jeonju City is increasing the number of public daycare centers.

The city announced on the 9th that it has signed agreements with trustees to operate public daycare centers in Eco City Desiang Block 7 and Block 12, and Banwol (2) LH apartment complexes, and plans to operate the daycare centers starting this September.

To this end, the city will invest a total of 360 million KRW by the end of August to complete remodeling of the three daycare centers. Additionally, an educational briefing session will be held for residents at the end of this month to reflect parents' opinions on daycare center operations.

The city also plans to install additional public daycare centers in the second half of the year at four locations: e-Pyeonhansesang Uwa, Eco City The Sharp Phase 3, Hyocheon District LH River Class, and Woomi The Prestige.

With this, along with the three newly added centers and the public daycare centers opened this year such as Songcheon-dong Yedae Daycare Center, Inhu 3-dong Ajung Daycare Center, and Samcheon 3-dong Wiz Daycare Center, the total number of public daycare centers in Jeonju will expand to 26.

The city plans to continuously expand this public daycare center project, which is a pledge of the 7th local government administration, through 2022.

With the establishment of these public daycare centers in Eco City and Banwol-dong, and the joint operation of the existing Yaho Banwol Together Care Center, the city expects population inflow through improved childcare environments in newly developed urban areas.

A city Welfare and Environment Bureau official stated, “We will continue to expand public daycare centers to respond to government policies aimed at strengthening public childcare and to provide high-quality childcare services.”

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