Enhancing the Quality of Full-day Kindergarten Education in Korea

International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy

Table 3 Government subsidies for children enrolled in full-day kindergartens in 2009 (Unit: Number of children, Thousand KRW)

Classification		Number of Children supported				Amount of Subsidy
Classification		National	Public	Private	Total	National	Public	Private	Total
	Rural		4,435	8,302	12,737		714,982	3,325,985	4,040,967
5 yr olds	Cities	2	9,767	37,324	47,093	615	2,024,215	18,845,244	20,870,074
	Sub Total	2	14,204	45,626	59,832	615	2,739,812	22,171,230	24,911,657
	Rural		2,747	7,989	10,736		439,491	3,057,986	3,497,477
4 yr. olds.	Cities	6	4,685	34,339	39,030	1,799	1,070,836	16,871,910	17,944,545
	Sub total	6	7,438	42,328	49,772	1,799	1,512,127	19,929,897	21,443,823
	Rural		1,330	5,255	6,585		228,727	2,014,930	2,243,657
3 yr. olds.	Cities		1,806	21,197	23,003		422,772	10,189,096	10,611,868
	Sub total		3,136	26,452	29,588		651,499	12,204,026	12,855,525
	Total	8	24,778	114,406	139,192	2,414	4,903,440	54,305,154	59,211,008

Note. From 2009 Early childhood education fee Support policies, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2010).