Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education Steps in to Support Amid Yubo Integration Controversy

6 Pilot Schools, On-site Support Teams, and Field-specific Assistance

The Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education announced on the 11th that it has formed an on-site support team to address issues related to the pilot project for integrated early childhood education and care (Young Children’s School) and will carry out support activities until the 28th.

In the pilot project for Young Children’s School promoted by the Ministry of Education last September, three private kindergartens and three daycare centers?one each from the categories of national/public, private, and workplace?were selected in the Jeonnam region.

Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education will form an on-site support team to assist with the pilot project for the integration of kindergarten and daycare centers.
[Photo by Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education]

The pilot schools aim to implement an ideal model of integrated early childhood education and care by focusing on key tasks such as ensuring sufficient usage time and days, improving the teacher-to-child ratio, enhancing the quality of education and care, and strengthening teacher professionalism and capabilities.

To ensure the smooth operation of the pilot schools, which started for the first time this year, the provincial office has organized and is operating on-site support teams in three areas: education and care curriculum, accounting, and personnel. The support teams visit the pilot schools to share the operational status and challenges related to key tasks and assist in the stable establishment of the pilot project on the ground through specific and practical customized support for each institution.

An official from the provincial office stated, “We will strive to ensure that the pilot schools settle as an ideal model of integrated early childhood education and care and expand to all kindergartens and daycare centers in Jeonnam. We also plan to continuously operate the pilot school operation council, pilot school consulting support team, and pilot school monitoring team.”

He added, “Integrated early childhood education and care is a difficult issue that must be addressed as a long-term task rather than a short-term one. We will do our best to prepare feasible solutions at the provincial office level.”

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