Mapo-gu Provides 'Scholarships and Rental Housing' to Low-Income Students Admitted to Seoul International High School

Three Students Selected through Equal Opportunity Admission at Seoul International High School to Receive 500,000 KRW Monthly Scholarship Until Graduation... ‘MH Mapo Housing’ Rental Homes Provided to Applicants from Housing-Vulnerable Families

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Mapo-gu (Mayor Yoo Dong-gyun) has paved the way to provide a monthly scholarship of 500,000 KRW until high school graduation to three students admitted to Seoul International High School this year through the equal opportunity admission track in the Seoul area, via the Mapo Talent Development Scholarship Foundation.

Mapo-gu and the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education signed a business agreement in 2016 to foster global talents and support living scholarships for Seoul International High School students.

The main content of the agreement is that to eliminate educational disparities and restore equal educational opportunities, the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education and Mapo-gu cooperate to discover outstanding talents among economically disadvantaged students and support their development as international professionals.

Since the agreement, Mapo-gu had no successful candidates admitted through the equal opportunity admission track, which selects students from low-income families, but this year, for the first time, a total of three students passed this track and entered Seoul International High School.

Accordingly, the Mapo Talent Development Scholarship Foundation (Chairman Park Hong-seop) recently decided to provide scholarships to all three students. They will receive a monthly scholarship of 500,000 KRW until their high school graduation.

Additionally, the district arranged for one student’s family, judged to be in a housing-vulnerable household requiring housing stability, to reside in the ‘MH Mapo Housing’ purchase-rental housing, a key campaign project of Mayor Yoo Dong-gyun during the 7th local government term.

This rental housing, directly purchased and provided by the district, is equipped with three rooms and is expected to greatly help the student who had difficulty studying due to the lack of a proper study room.

They are scheduled to move into the rental housing provided by Mapo-gu on the 1st.

Mayor Yoo Dong-gyun of Mapo-gu said, “More comprehensive support is needed to assist the academic pursuits of children from low-income families. Since a comfortable physical environment for studying is also important, we decided to provide housing space along with scholarships. We will do our best to support the young students of Mapo in realizing their dreams.”

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