Changwon City Supports Uniform Purchase Costs for Parents of New Middle and High School Students

Apply for 'Gyeongnam Baro Service' Conveniently Online

Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam is implementing a support program for the purchase of school uniforms (daily wear) for new students and first-year transferees entering middle and high schools who have their address registered in Changwon.

This year, approximately 20,000 students are eligible for support. Applicants must have their address registered in Changwon before the enrollment date of March 2, and the support amount is 300,000 KRW per person. Accordingly, the city has secured a budget of 6 billion KRW, including 1.8 billion KRW in provincial funds, to provide payments to parents with children entering school.

Changwon Special City Hall, Gyeongnam.
Photo by Se-ryeong Lee

Applications can be conveniently submitted online through the ‘Gyeongnam Baro Service’ website. To prevent website access issues, a concentrated application period will be operated: from March 2 to 8 for middle school students, and from March 9 to 15 for high school students. After the concentrated application period ends, applications can be submitted anytime through the online site until November 30, regardless of middle or high school status. For those who find online use difficult or unavoidable, applications can also be accepted through the Eup, Myeon, and Dong administrative welfare centers.

The school uniform purchase support program is part of policies to strengthen the public nature of education, easing the financial burden of education costs on parents at the start of the school year and providing practical assistance. Since its implementation in 2019, a total of 73,903 middle and high school students residing in Changwon have benefited over the past four years.

In particular, since the second half of 2022, the support target has been expanded to include schools where uniforms are not worn, allowing new students and first-year transferees entering schools without uniforms to receive daily wear purchase benefits, contributing to the improvement of educational welfare equity.

Hong Nampyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City, said, “I hope this support can be of some help to parents with children entering middle and high school. We will do our best to take a step forward as a child-rearing friendly city by discovering various educational policies, starting with school uniform support.”

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