Osan City Opens New Togajaramcenters No. 6 and 7 Providing Child Care Services

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Osan City is opening Togajaramcenters No. 6 and 7, which provide child care services outside regular school hours, and is recruiting children for enrollment.

Togajaramcenter is a facility that provides child care services to all elementary school students (ages 6-12) who need supervision after school hours.

Center No. 6 is located at Osan Semaefficiency Baeknyeongayak Apartment (422 Yangsan-ro), and Center No. 7 is located at Unam Jugong Apartment Complex 3-Danji (90 Unam-ro). The capacity is 26 children at Center No. 6 and 20 children at Center No. 7.

The city is accepting applications from children for enrollment at Togajaramcenters No. 6 and 7. Applications are accepted via email only until the 17th. For detailed information, check the city's website notices or contact the Osan City Office Children and Youth Division (031-8036-7885).

Any elementary school student residing in the city who needs child care can apply regardless of income. When capacity is exceeded, enrolled children are selected by applying priority criteria such as younger grades and dual-income households.

The city currently operates 5 Togajaramcenters (full-time care) and 3 Togajaramclassrooms providing gap-filling care by renting unused apartment spaces for free.

The city is accepting ongoing applications from apartment complexes wishing to open Togajaramcenters. The city plans to establish 12 'Togajaramcenters' this year and a total of 30 by 2022, aiming to increase the current elementary school public child care utilization rate of just over 11 percent to the 20 percent range.