By Bahk Eun-ji
Parents paid about 2.3 million won on average annually for their children attending private kindergartens across the nation, the Ministry of Education said Friday.
The ministry disclosed tuition and other key information of 8,487 public and private kindergartens nationwide in its 2014 report posted on its online public notice site (e-childschoolinfo.mest.go.kr).
The average expense that parents of private kindergarteners, excluding subsidies from local governments and district offices, is 19.5 times more than the 118,000 won it costs parents whose children go to public kindergartens.
Some private kindergartens' costs stood at more than 10 million won ― the annual tuition for Uchon Kindergarten in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul is 14.2 million won, including 420,000 won in tuition for afternoon school programs.
The tuition for Olympic Kindergarten in Songpa-gu, southern Seoul, amounted to 10.6 million won, and Cheongdam Montessori Kindergarten in Gangnam-gu, 10.2 million won.
Among other expensive kindergartens are Chung Ang University Kindergarten with 9.8 million won in tuition, and Seoul Women's University Kindergarten with 9.6 million won.
Parents paid about 2.3 million won on average annually for their children attending private kindergartens across the nation, the Ministry of Education said Friday.
The ministry disclosed tuition and other key information of 8,487 public and private kindergartens nationwide in its 2014 report posted on its online public notice site (e-childschoolinfo.mest.go.kr).
The average expense that parents of private kindergarteners, excluding subsidies from local governments and district offices, is 19.5 times more than the 118,000 won it costs parents whose children go to public kindergartens.
Some private kindergartens' costs stood at more than 10 million won ― the annual tuition for Uchon Kindergarten in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul is 14.2 million won, including 420,000 won in tuition for afternoon school programs.
The tuition for Olympic Kindergarten in Songpa-gu, southern Seoul, amounted to 10.6 million won, and Cheongdam Montessori Kindergarten in Gangnam-gu, 10.2 million won.
Among other expensive kindergartens are Chung Ang University Kindergarten with 9.8 million won in tuition, and Seoul Women's University Kindergarten with 9.6 million won.
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