Yeosu City Accelerates Expansion of National and Public Childcare Centers

Conversion of 10 Sites This Year... Targeting 40% Public Childcare Utilization Rate

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik] Yeosu City (Mayor Kwon Oh-bong) announced on the 15th that it will accelerate the expansion of public national and public daycare centers this year with the goal of achieving a 40% utilization rate of public childcare.

According to Yeosu City, under the five-year plan to expand national and public daycare centers, four centers were converted last year, including two in apartment remodeling projects, and this year the city is pushing forward with a project targeting the expansion of 10 centers.

Currently, there are 21 national and public daycare centers in the Yeosu area, accounting for 14.4% of all daycare centers. It is expected that this figure can be raised to 22.2% by expanding to 31 centers this year.

The Daeseong Berhill Daycare Center, where childcare demand is steadily increasing due to new apartment move-ins, is scheduled to open in March, and three national and public daycare centers will be newly established in the management buildings of apartment complexes including Juklim Hyundai Hillstate A and Daelim e-Pyeonhansesang A.

Additionally, the city plans to launch a long-term lease conversion project targeting existing private and home daycare centers next month. Suitable facilities will be selected and applied to the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s review committee. After on-site inspections and final review by the Ministry, the conversion decision is expected to be finalized in June.

Last year, the city opened daycare centers in the Dream Green Complex 1 and 2 through the apartment remodeling project, rebuilt the Mipyeong Hana Daycare Center through the Hana Financial Group public-private partnership national and public daycare support project, and converted the Kkumoa Daycare Center into a long-term lease national and public daycare center.

Mayor Kwon Oh-bong of Yeosu said, “We will gradually expand national and public daycare centers to achieve quantitative growth in public childcare while striving for the coexistence and development of local public and private daycare centers.” He added, “We will provide high-quality childcare services to children who will be responsible for the future generation, create a childcare environment that parents can trust, and take the lead in establishing a women-friendly childcare city where women and families can all be happy.”

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