The Dong-a Ilbo:
A housewife in Busan was surprised after making a telephone inquiry about enrolling her three-year-old daughter at a kindergarten. She was told that enrollment for next year was full, with more than 100 people on the waiting list.
The head of a kindergarten in southern Seoul said, “The number of enrollment inquiries has increased significantly. Other kindergarten heads say the same thing.”
Most inquiries are on kindergarten admission policies for next year and how parents can put their children on waiting lists.
○ Enrollment war
The kindergarten enrollment war for children born in 2007, or the auspicious “year of the golden pig” under the Chinese zodiac, has begun. Parents of children born that year project high competition as a social trend for “baby boomers” to go through.
Under law, children ages 3 to 5 are eligible for enrollment in kindergarten. Most children begin elementary school at age 8, so next year is ideal for kindergarten enrollment since those born in 2007 will turn four.
According to Statistics Korea, about 448,000 children were born in 2007, around 45,000 more than in 2006 and 28,000 more than in 2008. In 2007, the total fertility rate was 1.25, with South Jeolla Province showing the highest rate of 1.58. The rate in Busan has stayed below one since 2002, though it rose to 1.02 in 2007.
Due to the relatively high birth rate in 2007, getting children enrolled in kindergarten, particularly those affiliated with universities or with high reputations, will not be easy. In highly competitive areas such as the Gangnam district in southern Seoul, many parents are expected to wait overnight for enrollment.
[...]I was told when I got here that Koreans are very superstitious about numbers. Korean woman even induce labor early and have scheduled cesareans at certain dates to avoid bad numbers and have their children born on lucky ones. It only therefore makes sense that there would be a blimp in the birthrate on an "auspicious" zodiac year.
Funny to think that about 40,000 Korean couples either decided to wait to a year or so to have a child or have their child before they felt they were ready just so their kid could have a specific birth sign. That's kind of nuts...
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