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Busan Metropolitan City to Newly Designate 19 Outstanding Private and Home-based Daycare Centers as “Public Daycare Centers”

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Busan Metropolitan City Mayor Park Heong-joon announced that the city will newly designate 19 outstanding private and home-based daycare centers as “Public Daycare Centers” to provide stable and high-quality childcare services to citizens.

‘Public Daycare Centers’ serve as a pillar of public childcare, alongside national and public daycare centers.

The City annually selects and provides operational support to outstanding private and home-based daycare centers that offer high-level childcare services comparable to those of national/public centers, while also implementing rigorous quality control.

The newly designated centers will be selected through a process that begins with a public announcement from July 18 to July 31, followed by first-round evaluations by district/county offices and second-round evaluations by the city, with final results to be confirmed by the end of August.

Eligible applicants are daycare centers that operate in accordance with the Infant Care Act and related guidelines and have no administrative penalties within the past five years.

Daycare centers that meet the basic requirements and do not fall under exclusion criteria will be evaluated based on detailed criteria: facility environment (33 points), childcare service (22 points), childcare staff and management (44 points), and regional discretionary evaluation (1 point). Final selections will be made in order of highest scores.

The City will provide the newly designated public daycare centers with annual operational support, including teacher salaries, infant class operation costs, educational environment improvement costs, and cook salaries.

Interested daycare centers must submit their applications through the Childcare Integrated System (cpms.childcare.go.kr) to their respective district/county offices between July 18 and 6 PM on July 31.

Final selection results will be announced on the official website of Busan Metropolitan City (www.busan.go.kr/nbgosi).

Park Seol-yeon, Director General of the Busan Women and Family Affairs Bureau, stated, “Through the new designations of public daycare centers, we will strengthen the public role of childcare and strive to create a high-quality childcare environment.” She added, “We will continue to pursue childcare policies that ensure children can be safely raised anytime and anywhere, making Busan a great place to have and raise children.”