In the wake of continued complaints from local parents about unqualified foreign babysitters, the government plans to push for special training programs for applicants from overseas, Seoul’s civil rights commission said Wednesday.

While up to 60,000 foreigners, mostly ethnic Chinese, work as babysitters and housekeepers for Korean households, no job training programs for the role exist, leading to problems caused by cultural differences and misunderstandings.

Under the envisioned plan drawn up by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC), the justice and gender equality ministries would devise a special training program, along with the existing basic job training sessions, reserved for foreigners who want to work as babysitters here. (Yonhap News)