"Survey on Private Education Expenses for Infants and Young Children" Becomes State-Approved Statistic After 9 Years... Kang Kyung Sook Calls for Early Private Education Measures

Survey to Target 16,000 Children Under Six
First Survey Scheduled for October
Results to Be Released in March Next Year

The "Survey on Private Education Expenses for Infants and Young Children," which had not progressed beyond its initial pilot survey in 2017, has been newly established as a government-approved national statistic conducted annually after a nine-year gap. Previously, national statistics on private education expenses were limited to elementary, middle, and high school students, but this will now be expanded to include pre-school infants and young children.

Kyung Sook Kang, Member of the National Assembly from the Party for National Innovation of the Fatherland. Office of Assemblyman Kang

According to materials submitted by Kang Kyungsook, a member of the Innovation Party for Justice, to the Ministry of Education on October 1, the Ministry of Data and Statistics approved the Ministry of Education's "Survey on Private Education Expenses for Infants and Young Children" as a new national approved statistic on September 29.

The Ministry of Education plans to conduct the survey with 16,000 pre-school children under the age of six across the country in October and announce the first results in March next year. Afterwards, the survey will be conducted annually.

Until now, research related to private education for infants and young children was limited to two pilot studies in 2017 and 2024. The lack of official statistics using consistent standards each year made it difficult to continuously track changes in participation and expenses for private education among infants and young children.

This new survey will include participation rates in private education, participation hours, usage status by subject and type, and the average monthly private education expense per person. Through this, it is expected that a foundation will be established for annual comparison and analysis of the actual state of private education before school enrollment.

Kang stated, "Until now, the government did not even have official statistics to check annually how widespread private education for infants and young children has become," and added, "We will not stop at merely establishing these statistics, but will also ensure that, based on the first survey results to be released in March next year, we follow up with practical measures to alleviate the burden of early private education."

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