Gyeongnam Office of Education Announces Recruitment for 3 Purchased Kindergartens

In 5 Areas Including Changwon, Jinju, Gimhae, Geoje, and Yangsan, Scheduled to Open in March Next Year

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Sharon] The Gyeongsangnam-do Office of Education announced on the 19th that it will hold a public contest for the ‘2021 Purchase-type Kindergarten Selection Project,’ which involves purchasing private kindergartens and converting them into public kindergartens.

The purchase-type kindergarten project is being promoted to strengthen the public nature of kindergarten education and to increase the enrollment rate of public kindergartens.

This contest runs from the 20th to May 4th, with up to three kindergartens to be selected. The purchase targets are private kindergarten land and buildings; teaching materials, educational tools, and supplies are excluded from the purchase, and employment of existing staff will not be succeeded.

Applicants must be private kindergartens currently operating in Changwon, Jinju, Gimhae, Geoje, or Yangsan areas, owning their own land and standalone buildings, and having at least eight authorized classes.

The office selected the five cities of Changwon, Jinju, Gimhae, Geoje, and Yangsan based on the public kindergarten enrollment rate and the number of school-age children in each region, focusing on areas with less than 40% public kindergarten enrollment rate and securing a certain number of school-age children.

Private kindergartens wishing to apply should submit the application form and related documents to the kindergarten establishment department of the respective regional education support office by official document or in person within the deadline; postal submissions are not accepted.

Especially from this year, applying private kindergartens must submit advisory results after consultation with the kindergarten operation committee’s parents to prevent applications made solely by the founder without parental consent.

The office plans to select up to three kindergartens and announce the results in August. The selected kindergartens will undergo administrative procedures such as appraisal and financial investment review and will open as public kindergartens in March 2022.

Seong Jeombong, head of the School Support Division, said, “Reflecting the high demand from parents for public kindergartens, we will do our best to reduce the burden of early childhood education expenses and improve satisfaction with early childhood education. We hope many private kindergartens will show interest and apply for this purchase-type kindergarten contest.”

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