Osan City Opens Two Additional Municipal Daycare Centers

[Suwon Ilbo = Reporter Seo Dong-young] Osan City will hold inaugural ceremonies for Sunmunram 6 Complex Municipal Daycare on the 19th and Parkside Municipal Daycare on the 20th.

Sunmunram 6 Complex Apartments entered into a business agreement with LH Corporation in June regarding the establishment of a municipal daycare, and applied for conversion to a public daycare facility. Parkside Apartments, with developer Posco E&C; as the operator, signed a business agreement and submitted an application for conversion to a public daycare facility through resident consent.

Each newly opened daycare secured 110 million won in national subsidy budget. Design began in July of this year, followed by contract review and construction work, with completion last month.

Operators for the daycare centers were selected through open recruitment. Starting last month, the facilities began recruitment for childcare staff and daycare enrollees, as well as procurement of equipment and other opening preparations, and commenced operations from the 2nd of last month.

The newly opened daycare centers operate extended hours, integrated programs for children with disabilities, holiday childcare, and 365-day, 24-hour care as a specialized program of Osan City.

As a result, the number of municipal daycare centers in the city has increased from the existing 37 to 39 facilities.