Seocho-gu Selected as an Excellent Local Government for Childcare Policy Two Years in a Row

Selected as an 'Excellent Childcare Policy Municipality for 2 Consecutive Years' Following 2019, Seocho Continues Its Reputation as a Child-Friendly City... High Scores in 7 Categories and 15 Indicators Including Childcare Support System Reform Contribution, COVID-19 Response Excellence, Daycare Safety Management, and Public Childcare Expansion

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Seocho-gu (Mayor Eunhee Jo) has been honored as an excellent local government for two consecutive years in the '2020 Childcare Policy Excellent Local Government Evaluation' hosted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare evaluates excellent local governments annually based on the performance of local governments in childcare projects, using 15 indicators across 7 categories including contribution to the establishment of childcare support systems, daycare center safety management, abuse prevention, expansion of public childcare, and local government interest.

Especially this year, a new indicator for excellent COVID-19 response cases was added and evaluated.

Seocho-gu received high scores in all categories and was selected as one of the 18 excellent local governments among 252 metropolitan and basic local governments nationwide.

The significance lies in being selected as an excellent local government for two consecutive years following last year.

During the 6th and 7th elected terms, Seocho-gu expanded public daycare centers from 32 to 84 to meet the high childcare demand of residents, operated the nation’s first 'Seocho-type Shared Daycare Center' which links public, private, and home daycare centers in a cooperative, shared, and symbiotic manner, certified private and home daycare centers as 'Seocho-type Model Daycare Centers' to provide high-quality childcare services without disparities, and implemented leading childcare policies such as focused management of daycare center meals and hygiene to create a safe childcare environment, receiving excellent evaluations.

In particular, for COVID-19 response, the district actively carried out special projects with a mother’s heart, including ▲mask kit support ▲Seocho Disinfection Team’s emergency disinfection of daycare centers ▲dairy product happiness delivery service ▲establishment of a smart health management system for daycare centers ▲operating cost support for financially struggling daycare centers ▲Healthy Seocho Kids (i) Seocho Contest ▲psychological quarantine series to prevent COVID blues ▲Seoripul Akdong Cultural Performance Bangguseok Concert ▲safe delivery courier service for toy library rentals, which received high praise.

Seocho-gu Mayor Eunhee Jo said, “I would like to express my gratitude to childcare workers who have worked together with a heart for children to overcome the COVID-19 situation and to parents who actively cooperated with home care and social distancing,” and added, “We will continue to strive to make Seocho-gu’s excellent childcare policies a national standard model.”

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