Osan City Introduces Electronic Attendance System to All Daycare Centers

[Suwon Ilbo=Correspondent Seo Dong-young] Osan City announced on the 7th that it has introduced and is operating an electronic attendance system at all daycare centers in the city following last month's revision of the childcare support system.

The electronic attendance system for daycare centers automatically detects arrival and departure times using tags carried by children, sends real-time text messages to parents or guardians, and automatically links to the electronic attendance records in the integrated childcare information system.

Since last month, daycare hours at childcare centers have been divided into ‘basic childcare hours’ (from arrival time to 4 p.m.) and ‘extended childcare hours’ (from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.), making it necessary to install an electronic attendance system to automatically manage children's arrival and departure times.

The city is providing support of 300,000 won for system installation costs and 5,000 won per child for tag expenses to daycare centers that adopt the electronic attendance system.

Through the introduction of the electronic attendance system, the city expects that parents will receive safety notification text services informing them of their child's arrival and departure times, while daycare centers will experience significant reductions in document management and administrative work through automatic generation of electronic attendance records.

A city official said, “By introducing the electronic attendance system to all daycare centers, we will create a safe childcare environment that parents can trust and rely on, and through continuous improvements to the childcare environment, we will build Osan City as a place where it is good to have and raise children.”