Gyeonggi-do Secures 26 Public and National Childcare Centers Through Long-Term Lease Method
[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province plans to secure 26 public daycare centers this year by long-term leasing of existing private and home daycare centers.
Gyeonggi Province announced on the 24th that it received an allocation of 26 sites for the '2021 Public Daycare Center Long-term Leasing Project' from the Ministry of Health and Welfare. This is the largest allocation among the total 110 sites nationwide.
When building new public daycare centers, a budget of around 1.7 billion KRW per site is required, but by utilizing the government's long-term leasing project, it is possible with 160 million to 220 million KRW per site. The advantage is that public daycare centers can be increased relatively cheaply by using private infrastructure during the 5 to 10-year lease period.
With this allocation of public daycare centers secured, the province will accept applications for project participation from 31 cities and counties within the province until the 6th of next month. In particular, from this year, rural areas (administrative districts of eup and myeon) have also been added to the eligible applicants.
The province will select 10 sites under the general category and 16 sites under the rural category.
A provincial official stated, "We are cooperating with active promotion and guidance from cities and counties so that daycare centers in the province can take great interest in long-term leasing," and added, "We expect the number of public daycare centers to increase further through this long-term leasing transition."
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Meanwhile, according to the 7th term public pledge, the province aims to secure 150 public daycare centers annually. For this year’s 150 sites by type, there are 6 new constructions, 83 remodeling of apartment complexes, and 26 long-term leases. The rest will be added through consultations with other cities and counties.
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