Seodaemun-gu Wins Two Awards Including Prime Minister's Award in 2020 Childcare Project Evaluation

Prime Minister's Award for 'Outstanding Childcare Contributors', Minister of Health and Welfare Award for 'Part-time Childcare Policy'... Praised for operating part-time childcare centers, supporting eco-friendly quality food ingredient purchases for childcare centers, running home content for home-based childcare, and the working-through toy rental project

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Seodaemun-gu (Mayor Moon Seok-jin) was recently selected as an excellent institution for childcare projects in 2020 by the government evaluation and received the Prime Minister's Award and the Minister of Health and Welfare Award.

The district received the Prime Minister's Award in the '2020 Government Awards for Childcare Contributors' conducted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, recognizing its special policies across childcare, improvement of childcare teachers' treatment, and achievements in responding to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

Additionally, it received the Minister of Health and Welfare Award in the '2020 Part-time Childcare Contributors Awards,' announced after evaluating part-time childcare policies of local governments nationwide throughout the year.

In the evaluation, the district was highly praised for implementing various customized policies aimed at providing professional and systematic childcare services to strengthen childcare publicness and meet residents' childcare needs.

In particular, the main reasons for the awards included ▲ the construction of a new Childcare Comprehensive Support Center in April last year and operation of an atopy-specialized daycare center ▲ operation of a childcare forum that publicizes local childcare agendas and leads policy proposals ▲ operation of Seodaemun-gu type part-time childcare daycare centers ▲ support for purchasing eco-friendly excellent food ingredients for daycare centers.

Furthermore, ▲ disinfection and sterilization of daycare centers, support for quarantine supplies, and inspection of compliance with quarantine rules ▲ support for home content for childcare during closure periods to fill care gaps ▲ active response to COVID-19 through walk-through toy rentals were also highly evaluated.

Seodaemun-gu has been designating and proactively operating part-time childcare facilities in areas expected to have demand for part-time childcare since August 2014 to promote 'expansion of part-time childcare facilities to all neighborhoods.'

Currently, part-time childcare based on the Ministry of Health and Welfare model and Seodaemun-gu model is being conducted in a total of 9 locations and 11 classes within the district, and the district plans to establish part-time childcare facilities in all neighborhoods by next year to eliminate blind spots.

Seodaemun-gu also achieved consecutive awards for three years in childcare development, including winning the Excellence Award in the Ministry of Health and Welfare's evaluation of excellent local governments in childcare policy in 2018 and 2019.

Mayor Moon Seok-jin stated, "We will continue to do our best to make Seodaemun-gu a good place to raise children by discovering various special policies suitable for the region and strengthening public childcare."

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