The government will come up with a set of sweeping measures soon to prevent child abuse at nursing schools, the education ministry said Thursday, a move that comes two weeks after a shocking assault on a 4-year-old girl by a nursery teacher.

Sending shock waves through the nation, footage from security cameras showed that the 33-year old female teacher of a daycare center in Incheon, west of Seoul, punched the girl on the side of her head on Jan. 8 after seeing that she hadn't finished her meal.

The incident has sparked public outrage, and President Park Geun-hye instructed officials Tuesday to implement a set of measures to root out child abuse.

In a policy report to Park joined by the ministries of culture, health and welfare, environment, labor and gender equality, the education ministry said the government will convene a meeting of society-related ministers later this week to discuss comprehensive measures to prevent child abuse at nursery schools.

Measures will likely include tightening the procedures of selecting and nurturing nursing teachers and improving their working conditions and welfare.

The education ministry also plans to revise laws to toughen punishment by shutting down any nursing school if child abuse is found there and the perpetrator and the facility's director would be permanently banned from the business.

The government seeks to increase the national number of kindergartens with security cameras to 90 percent from currently 80 percent.

The education ministry further said it will encourage teachers' colleges nationwide to require students to take personality tests during the admission process, based on a law on the promotion of personality education that was introduced end of last year.

During the report, the culture ministry said it will make aggressive efforts to increase exports of Korean content industry products this year.

For this, the government will launch a civilian-government organization that would orchestrate the ongoing nationwide efforts to keep afloat the Asiawide popularity of Korean TV dramas, pop music and films possibly in March.

Along with this, the ministry will set up a copyright protection agency to effectively deal with pervasive copyright infringements at home and abroad.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare said it will increase the coverage of the national health insurance for patients of four most serious diseases, including cancer, cardiac disorder and cerebrovascular disease.

The authorities will also continue efforts to lower people's medical expenses by reducing the percentage of doctors who are available only upon request with additional fees at large general hospitals and increasing the number of rooms for insured patients.

The Ministry of Environment reported that it will put this year's policy priority to resolving four major environmental problems that directly affect people's everyday lives-- fine dust, water-bloom, toxic substances and foul odors.

The government plans to enforce a national fine dust alert system this year in an effort to help protect vulnerable citizens from possible health-related issues caused by exposure to high-density air pollution, according to the ministry.

Fine dust is defined as particles smaller than 10 micrometers, and if inhaled, it can cause various respiratory problems and undermine the body's immunity.

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said it will build national facilities to provide necessary aid to working parents who have to juggle work and home commitments. (Yonhap)