42 Lifelong Learning Cities Re-designated... Seoul Songpa and Other Excellent Cities Selected

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] Lifelong learning cities, which establish a foundation for lifelong education in local communities, have been re-designated.

The Ministry of Education and the National Institute for Lifelong Education announced on the 14th that they have completed the re-designation evaluation for 42 cities, counties, and districts that have been designated as lifelong learning cities for four full years and released the results.

In this evaluation, all targeted cities, counties, and districts were re-designated as lifelong learning cities. Among them, five areas?Songpa-gu and Eunpyeong-gu in Seoul, Seo-gu and Yeonje-gu in Busan, and Buk-gu in Gwangju?were selected as excellent lifelong learning cities.

The Ministry of Education introduced an evaluation system this year to decide on re-designation for the first time. According to the re-designation evaluation results, local governments scoring below 60 points will receive a re-designation deferment, and if they fail to be re-designated in the next evaluation as well, their designation will be canceled.

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