Priority Admission to Childcare Centers for Toddlers in Two-Child Families Without Age Restrictions

Households with two children under the age of early childhood will also be given priority for daycare center admission without any age restrictions.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced on the 18th that it has promulgated a partial amendment to the "Enforcement Rules of the Infant Care Act" including this provision. The amendment will take effect on October 19, three months after the promulgation.

Under the current law, priority was limited to households with "two or more children aged 8 or younger or in the second grade of elementary school or below." This time, the criteria for priority childcare provision have been relaxed to "households with two or more children." Through this, young children in households with two children will be granted priority for daycare center admission without age restrictions.

In addition, if the head of the relevant local government deems it necessary, a Childcare Comprehensive Support Center, which provides time-based childcare services and offers consultation and counseling on the installation and operation of daycare centers within the building where the daycare center is located, can be established.

Choi Jong-gyun, Director of the Population Policy Office at the Ministry of Health and Welfare, said, "We have removed the age restriction for two-child households who are priority users of daycare centers and reasonably relaxed the facility standards for establishments within daycare center buildings," adding, "This has improved convenience for both users and operators."

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