Incheon Office of Education Connects School Sports Teams with Local Community Clubs... 'Baseball' at Dongincheon Middle School and 3 Others

Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] The Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education announced on the 20th that it will establish a support system for the 'School Sports Club Transformation' in collaboration with the Incheon Sports Council and schools.

Accordingly, starting next month, four school sports teams?Incheon Mansu Buk Elementary School (soccer team), Dongincheon Middle School (baseball team), Sinheung Middle School (baseball team), and Ganghwa High School (soccer team)?will be converted and operated as nonprofit sports clubs.

The transformation of school sports teams into clubs linked with the local community is a campaign pledge of Superintendent Do Seonghun. The goal is to discover student athletes and establish a support system through sports clubs, thereby changing the school sports ecosystem.

As school sports teams, which had been operated with a small elite group, are converted into sports clubs, participation at various levels and age groups such as hobby classes, advanced classes, and athlete classes has become possible. The Office of Education plans to operate sports clubs including local residents and marginalized groups.

Superintendent Do Seonghun of Incheon Education said, "Through the transformation of school sports teams into clubs linked with the local community, we will create an environment to nurture 'students who exercise and athletes who study.' I hope that the school sports club transformation will successfully settle in, spread as a new school sports culture, and contribute to the holistic growth of students."

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