Disorder) is growing fast, particularly among secondary school students: in 2009, compared to 2003, the number of ADHD patients aged 15~19 increased by 766%. A 2009 publication by the Ministry of Health and Welfare shows that 29.9% of the secondary school students ever suffered from depression in 2005 and the rate was on the rise, recording 41.4% in 2006 and 41.3% in 2007. One of the biggest causes is the competitive education system mainly oriented toward the college entrance examination. 71. The Periodic Report mentioned the Government's plan to gradually expand the scope of the early-detection programs for mental health of children (para. 342), but, as of 2011, only 38% of the elementary and secondary school students are selected to receive the student mental health services by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the mental health management services for children and youth by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. 72. The Government needs to expand school-based or community-based services for children's mental health so that early detection and early intervention is possible. In relation to the secondary school students, the Government needs to ensure that child-oriented mental health service programs are in progress linking families, schools and local communities. Additionally, it needs to take actions to reduce social stigma against children's mental health checkup while increasing people's awareness about mental health so that children may not be stigmatized on the ground of the outcome of the selective checkup. 3. Social Security (Article 26 of CRC) Fostering Allowance (CRC/C/KOR/Q/3-4, para. 51) 73. The Government is offering child care subsidy to a selected group of children in a varying amount according to the income level of their parents. This subsidy is sort of fostering allowance, in that it is given only to the families immediately above the poverty line with a child under 36 months in age who does not use a nursery facility and the subsidy amount differs according to the child's age (in monthly terms). The Government should extend progressively recipient groups of child care subsidy. Impoverished Children(CRC/C/KOR/3-4, para. 298-299; CRC/C/KOR/Q/3-4 para. 16-1, 17) 74. The Government has reinforced its support to impoverished children by increasing the community-based child centers, initiating the Dream Start Project and introducing the Child Development Account. However, the community child centers are concentrated in urban areas, widening the gap between the urban and rural communities; the Dream Start Project is, as of 2011, in operation only 131 municipalities out of the total 230 throughout the country. The extent of Child Development Account Program on recipient children differs by budget size for children welfare of local governments. 75. The Additional Report said that the child poverty rate continued to drop and the number of children eligible for the state-funded meal support program increased 20

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