Article 4, Daegu Metropolitan City Foreign Residents and Multicultural Families Support Ordinance

Marriage immigrants are offered an opportunity to continue their education so that they can address any issues that arise in their child’s education, integrate themselves more easily into society, and gain employment and support themselves financially.

• Eligibility: female marriage immigrants or their children who have obtained at least a high school diploma
• Universities: Korean National Open University (KNOU) (all departments) (since 2010), Daegu Haany University (Department of Multicultural Welfare and Korean Language)(since 2015)

• KNOU: tuition fees, textbooks, and scholarships (etc.) up to KRW 500,000 per semester
• Daegu Haany University: tuition fees up to KRW 1,500,000 per semester (support provided 50/50 by the city and the university)

• KNOU: review of documents → recommendations by the heads of multicultural family support centers → selection of 20 recipients → provision of grants
• Daegu Haany University: recommendations by the heads of multicultural family support centers → review of documents and interviews → selection of 20 recipients → provision of grants

• Article 10 (3), Multicultural Families Support Act (childcare and education)
• Article 16, Daegu Metropolitan City Foreign Residents and Multicultural Families Support Ordinance

Children of multicultural families (ages 3-5): Hangeul instruction, lower grades of elementary school: school subjects

• Eligibility: 180 students (children ages 3-5 or kindergarten: 100; lower grades of elementary school:80)
  • Ages 3-5 (pre-school): Hangeul instruction or Korean language instruction, depending on the ability of the learner
  • Ages 6-9 (lower grades of elementary school): select from among subjects: Korean, English, and Mathematics

• Provision of consultation services and one home visit per week
• Choosing of level appropriate to the learner following the administration of a learning abilities test
  Operator: Woongjin ThinkBig (2014-2016)

1. 1st rank: National Basic Livelihood Security Act recipients
2. 2nd rank: single-parent families
3. 3rd rank: near poverty group
4. 4th rank: multicultural families

Notices are given in January 2017.

Application to multicultural family children support programs

Gu/Gun	Phone number	Fax number
Dong-gu	T. 82-53-961-2203	F. 82-53-961-2204
Seo-gu	T. 82-53-341-8312	F. 82-53-355-8044
Nam-gu	T. 82-53-475-2324	F. 82-53-475-2346
Buk-gu	T. 82-53-327-2994	F. 82-53-327-2995
Suseong-gu	T. 82-53-764-4317	F. 82-53-795-4312
Dalseo-gu	T. 82-53-580-6815	F. 82-53-580-6817
Dalseong-gun	T. 82-53-282-4371	F. 82-53-282-4373

Visit your local multicultural family support center or send a fax to apply.