Oh Se-hoon Attends Local Children's Center Festival... "Expanding Emergency Care and Learning Support"

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon attended the "Local Children's Center Festival" held at the Seoul City Hall Multipurpose Hall and promised to expand child care policies.

Mayor Oh stated, "The 'Quality of Life Special City' pursued by Seoul is a city where children can enjoy sufficient care and learning opportunities regardless of their growing environment, and parents can raise their children with peace of mind."

He emphasized, "We will expand emergency and temporary care as well as learning support at local children's centers, improve the environment of aging facilities, and carefully look after the treatment and working conditions of the workers."


Local children's centers across Seoul play a role in filling the "care gap" from the time children finish school until their parents finish work and return home.

They serve as core care infrastructure that enables parents to raise their children without having to give up their jobs.

For dual-income and single-parent households worried about providing meals for their children during every vacation, the centers launched "Seoul Child Hearty Meal" for the first time nationwide last July.

During the summer vacation, 226 local children's centers and Our Neighborhood Saetum Centers provided meals as well as various programs, and plans are underway to expand the operation to 243 centers starting this coming December when the winter vacation begins.

"Niche care" is also being implemented for parents who leave for work early or return home late.

"Vacation niche care," which looks after children all day from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. during vacation periods, is currently operated in 243 local children's centers, while "night care," operating from 10 p.m. to midnight, is run in 57 local children's centers.

Learning support is also provided.

Following the provision of equipment and other resources so that children can study through "Seoul Learn" at local children's centers, Seoul has also been pilot-running "Seoul Learn Teacher On-Site Group Mentoring" for offline learning support starting this month.

Seoul plans to gather the voices of caregivers and the care field to expand and strengthen care policies, while also continuously supporting the stable operation of local children's centers through close cooperation with autonomous districts and related organizations.
 
(Photo provided by Seoul Metropolitan Government, Yonhap News)
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