Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education Launches Full-Scale Promotion of 'Jeonnam Education Training Center Construction'

Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education

[Muan=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-gyeong] The construction of the tentatively named ‘Jeonnam Education Training Center’ promoted by the Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education has passed the central investment review and will be established in Boseong, Jeonnam.

According to the Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education on the 31st, the ‘Jeonnam Education Training Center’ construction project passed the Ministry of Education’s local education finance central investment review after four attempts. With this, the long-cherished project of the Jeonnam education family to build the ‘Jeonnam Education Training Center’ will be realized.

This selection was made among six local governments that applied, and with the establishment site in Hoecheon-myeon, Boseong, finally confirmed in May last year, the construction project is expected to gain momentum.

The Jeonnam Education Training Center will be built on a 30,000㎡ site in Byeokgyo-ri, Hoecheon-myeon, Boseong-gun, with a project cost of 24.4 billion KRW and a total area of 7,623㎡, scheduled to open in 2023.

This project has been actively promoted based on the judgment that there is a severe shortage of professional facilities for seminars and workshops for over 32,000 faculty members under the Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education, causing difficulties in improving educational competitiveness.

Earlier, the Provincial Office of Education and Boseong-gun signed a business agreement in July last year to exchange the establishment site of the Jeonnam Education Training Center with the closed school site of Ungchi Elementary School located in Ungchi-myeon, Boseong-gun.

Kim Chun-ho, Director of the Administration Bureau, said, “We are very pleased that the Jeonnam Education Training Center construction project has finally passed the central investment review,” adding, “Once this facility is built, it is expected to greatly help school education innovation in preparation for the 4th Industrial Revolution and future education.” He continued, “We will work together with education officials including the Jeonnam Provincial Council to ensure that there are no setbacks in establishing the Jeonnam Education Training Center.”

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