Pyeongtaek City Childcare Comprehensive Support Center Holds Year-End Awards Ceremony

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] The Pyeongtaek City Childcare Comprehensive Support Center, a commissioned institution of Pyeongtaek City, held a year-end awards ceremony for its public recruitment projects and contests on the 5th at the auditorium on the third floor of the Humanities Building at Korea Welfare University, targeting local daycare centers, childcare staff, and children.

The event was attended by approximately 200 people including Pyeongtaek Mayor Jeong Jang-seon, Korea Welfare University President Lee Sang-jin, related department professors, chairpersons of daycare center associations, and parents.

The event concluded with a presentation of commendations in five fields: Early Childhood Story Recitation Contest, Excellent Childcare Program Contest for Daycare Centers, Case Studies of Inclusive Childcare Consultation for Children with Disabilities, Happy Our Child Photo Contest, and Parent Education, followed by cultural performances.

The Pyeongtaek City Childcare Comprehensive Support Center, which organized the event, is providing parents with various information on childcare and parenting, and is delivering character education, daycare center operation consulting, and childcare staff job placement information to daycare center staff.

In particular, the center is promoting early detection of disabilities through developmental assessments and counseling for infants and young children and connecting them to linked treatments, with plans to expand the project starting next year.

Mayor Jeong Jang-seon offered congratulations to award recipients and said, "Starting next year, I will do my best to support budgets for improving the quality of meals for children and childcare environments, and to make efforts to improve childcare services at daycare centers."