A study on parents' perception of the current status of kindergarten integration policy implementation: First, focusing on implementation tasks and action plans

This study aims to analyze parents' perceptions of the priority tasks and action plans of the government's kindergarten integration policy, which is being promoted to prevent gaps in education and care from the infant and toddler period, the starting point of life. The results of an analysis of a total of 256 parents with children aged 0 to 5 are as follows. First, as a result of analyzing parents' awareness of the current status of the kindergarten integration policy implementation, overall awareness of the government's priority implementation tasks and action plans for kindergarten integration was found to be at a high level. In particular, the detailed implementation tasks include 'Providing integrated information on the status of kindergartens and daycare centers', 'Supporting improvement of indoor and outdoor safety, health, and hygienic environments and expanding safety education', and 'Using information on additional recruits to kindergartens and daycare centers, improving the convenience of applying for admission and admission'. Awareness was at the highest level. Second, as a result of analyzing the differences in parents' perception of the current status of childcare integration policy implementation according to background variables, the area of “Support for the healthy development of infants and young children” showed differences by parent age, education level, type of work hours at work, child age, and financial institution group. It was found that the area of 「Alleviating parental cost burden and support for raising children」 showed differences by parent age, type of work hours, child age, and financial institution group, and the area of 「Improvement of user convenience and strengthening of cooperation base」 showed differences by group. It was found that there were differences by parent age, child age, and funding institution group. Based on these results, it is recommended that, firstly, additional policy supplementation without discrimination in the area of 'healthy development support' is necessary for the group of parents whose children are attending kindergarten, and secondly, legal content that ensures a stable budget base needs to be included as well. Third, it suggests that systems and institutional improvements to improve the convenience of consumers using services should be continuously developed.