Gyeonggi-do Child Care Council Holds First Meeting on 21st... Discussing 'Expansion of Care Services'

The Gyeonggi-do Child Care Council held its first meeting at the Gyeonggi-do Provincial Government Office on the 21st and is taking a commemorative photo.

Gyeonggi Province has established a cooperative system with related organizations to expand child care services and enhance care services for residents.

On the 21st, Gyeonggi Province announced that it held the first meeting of the 'Gyeonggi Province Child Care Council' at the provincial government office.

The Child Care Council was established to address care gaps that may arise from care services operated separately by various ministries and to activate linked support among institutions.

The council includes participants from Gyeonggi Province, Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, Gyeonggi Provincial Council, elementary schools, Gyeonggi Women's Family Foundation, Childcare Policy Research Institute, cities and counties, education support offices, and care institutions.

At the meeting, the council discussed various child care issues such as ▲expanding care facilities linked to local resources ▲extending operation hours of gap care during commuting times ▲developing, distributing, and sharing excellent care programs ▲expanding demand-tailored care services.

In particular, Gyeonggi Province proposed expanding care services tailored to urgent care demands to eliminate care gaps, expanding care facilities utilizing local resources, and establishing and operating a local care network centered on the Gyeonggi Province Child Care Center.

Gyeonggi Province and the Office of Education agreed to actively cooperate in installing 'Together Care Centers' using idle spaces within schools and extending care hours to meet the practical care needs of after-school children.

Currently, representative care facilities in the province include 780 local children's centers, 252 Together Care Centers, 31 school care centers, and 10 Gyeonggi Province Child Care (regional base) Centers.

Yoon Young-mi, Director of the Women's Family Bureau of Gyeonggi Province, emphasized, "We will actively cooperate with related organizations such as the Office of Education so that the Gyeonggi Province child care project can take a step further to create a care environment where children are happy and parents can feel at ease."

As of the end of last year, 29.2% of the nationwide population of children aged 12 and under, totaling 4.97 million, reside in Gyeonggi Province. The proportion of children aged 12 and under is 10.7%, ranking fourth highest after Sejong, Jeju, and Ulsan.

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