Gyeongnam Office of Education Supports Salaries for Private Kindergarten Meal Workers

Gyeongnam Office of Education is set to provide new support for the wages of meal service workers at private kindergartens in the province.

The provincial Office of Education announced on the 25th that it has secured 3.6 billion KRW in the first supplementary budget to reduce the burden on parents of private kindergarten students by supporting food costs, operating expenses, and wages for meal service workers at private kindergartens.

Gyeongnam Office of Education Ai Joha Flag.
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According to the Office of Education, wages for meal service workers at private kindergartens will be supported for 17,551 children aged 3 to 4 across 217 kindergartens in the province.

An average of 875 KRW per meal per child will be provided, and kindergartens with fewer than 50 children will receive 600,000 KRW per month in wages per kindergarten.

Including this support, the average meal support amount for private kindergartens in Gyeongnam reaches 3,425 KRW per meal per child.

This includes 2,300 KRW for food costs and 1,125 KRW for operating expenses and wages per meal, bringing the total meal support for private kindergartens this year to 21.3 billion KRW, a 25.6% increase from last year's 16.9 billion KRW.

Yoo Sang-jo, Director of the Education Welfare Division, stated, “Starting this year, free education will be gradually provided to private kindergartens from age 5, and with the new support for meal service workers’ wages, the burden on parents will be greatly reduced. We will continue to do our best to improve the quality of meals and the meal environment at private kindergartens.”

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