Gwangjin-gu, Establishing an All-Day Care System

Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Oversees... Secures 72 Million Won for After-School Care Program... Supporting Childcare Along with Various Cultural Arts Programs and Club Activities

Nanta Club conducted as part of the pilot project for establishing an all-day care system

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Gwangjin-gu (Mayor Kim Seon-gap) has been finally selected for the '2020 Full-day Care System Pilot Project' hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, securing a project budget of 72 million won.

This project was prepared to establish an elementary care network linking the Office of Education, schools, and local communities, to discover and spread excellent models of the Seoul-style full-day care system, and to eliminate care blind spots.

The care project implementing agency is Saenal Community Child Center located in Jayang 4-dong, and from October this year to March next year, the care project will be intensively operated for local elementary school students from grades 1 to 6 for six months.

The center plans to operate specialized programs under the theme of 'Our Neighborhood Full-day Care Dream Center,' providing protection and care for children as well as various cultural and artistic programs, club activity support, and school life adaptation support.

In addition, for areas where school care is difficult, the center will utilize nearby village spaces with good accessibility to conduct visiting full-day care projects such as weekend care and evening care.

The district and Saenal Community Child Center were also selected for the 'Full-day Care System Pilot Project' last year and have been carrying out the project until September this year, with about 40 children using the care service daily on average.

Mayor Kim Seon-gap said, "To make Gwangjin a happy place for both children and parents, solving the child care problem is of utmost importance," and added, "We will build a dense care system that fills the gaps through cooperation with the local community."

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