Gyeonggi Education Office Launches "Majubom Teacher" Pilot Program for Kindergartens and Daycare Centers

Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education is launching the "Majubom Teacher" pilot project to enhance the quality of education and care at kindergartens and daycare centers.

Majubom teachers are collaborative instructors whose role means "to face children and care for them warmly like spring." They will work alongside homeroom teachers for three-year-old classes, assisting with cooperative teaching, observation records, play support, educational care, and individualized child support.

This project is designed to improve educational and childcare conditions by providing practical staffing support to overcrowded classes where the teacher-to-child ratio is high.

Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education is promoting a pilot project for the Majubom teacher, an integrated childcare cooperation instructor. Provided by Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education

Through the first and second rounds of public recruitment in March, the provincial education office selected a total of 767 institutions—383 kindergartens and 384 daycare centers—as beneficiaries of the Majubom Teacher support program. These institutions will receive funding for the collaborative instructors' salaries through December of this year.

To strengthen the capacity of collaborative instructors, the provincial education office will also operate regional learning communities, offer customized field consultations, and hold best practice sharing sessions.

A representative from the provincial education office stated, "We will continue to do our best to substantially improve the operating conditions of kindergartens and daycare centers so that every child can benefit from high-quality education and care."

As of the end of last year, there were a total of 7,223 three-year-old single-age and mixed-age classes in kindergartens and daycare centers in the province, with 2,862 classes (39.6%) exceeding the teacher-to-child ratio of 1:13 (or 1:12 for mixed-age classes).

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