摘要:This study assessed the needs and aspirations for after-school programs for 421 employed mothers with a school-age child. Furthermore,20 cases of after-school programs presently opened in Seoul and Kyungkido were analyzed and evaluated in terms of the factors related to quality of child care programs. A tentative after-school program model was developed on the basis of data from the assesment of parental requests and the evaluation of the present programs. The objectives of after-school programs,program activities,caregiver`s role,group constellation,supervision of the programs,and care service time were discussed in the model.