Recently, The government has been attempting to introduce assistante maternelle system for the plan of activation of care and education of infant/toddler. It is very suggestive to investigate the qualification criterion, procedure, control and support method of assistante matemelle with a focus on the cases of the foreign countries adopting assistante matemelle system.
Therefore, this study investigates the assistante maternelle that French, in which the public care and education system of infant/toddler was well established and adopting the joint childcare type, was institutionally conducting.
This study discusses the following matters : first, what efforts French had made to activate assistante maternelle system ; Second, the method and degree of government support of the childcare expenses, Third, the criterion and procedure for the qualification of assistante maternelle, Fourth, the direction of the current French family welfare policy as well as the historical background for the assistante maternelle till its emergence.
Finally, this study discusses the suggestive points that the French assistante maternelle system could guide the care & education of infant/toddler system in Korea.