농어촌 소규모 보육시설 설치 수요 분석 및 시범사업 효과 연구

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to support the policy of "Building Small-sized Childcare facilities in Rural aeas(BSCR)", which is carried out by the Ministry of Health & Well-fare in Korea. In this study, we pursued two research questions: where should be the small-sized childcare facilities built first?; how did children come to be changed after they had a chance to get the childcare programs at the small-sized facilities and what are their parents demands? According to the survey, the small-sized childcare facilities should be built in 31 areas in 20 counties first. The parents of the children enrolled in the small-sized facilities reported their childrens' positive changes including talking more with parents, eating right, making friends, and so on. Also they want that the small-sized facilities provide the young children with more extra-curriculum activities such as English and art education. According to the result of this study, the project of BSCR will work better in the future if it focuses on caring young children under age 2, children of multi-cultural families, supporting budget for shuttles and some extra-curriculum activities.