Yeosu-si's 'Sending Children to Local Schools' Enrollment Incentive Increased by 5 Million Won, Receiving Positive Response

Outstanding 9th Graders' Advancement Scholarship Increased from 1.5 to 5 Million Won
High Response to 'HIGH! DREAM Camp with Parents' on the 21st

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Yeosu City (Mayor Kwon Oh-bong) is drawing attention by actively promoting the ‘Sending Students to Local Schools Project’ to prevent the outflow of outstanding local students and to expand citizen consensus on ‘virtuous cycle happy education.’

According to the city, for outstanding third-year middle school students (top 5%) who advance to high schools within the region, the incentive, which was 1.5 million KRW per person until last year, will be significantly increased to 5 million KRW this year to raise the enrollment rate in local high schools.

The Yeosu Happy Education Center, the first education support dedicated organization at the local government level in Jeollanam-do, produces and promotes career and academic advancement programs and other regionally specialized curricula through videos, and also conducts a campaign to send students to local schools centered on Yeosu Industrial Complex and education-related organizations.

To build a trusted educational environment in Yeosu for students and parents, in cooperation with the Yeosu Office of Education, a ‘Visiting School Academic Advancement Briefing Session’ was held from the 24th of last month to the 15th of this month, introducing the educational curricula of local high schools to third-year middle school students.

On the 21st, at the Yeosu Hidden Bay Hotel, about 210 third-year middle school students and their parents participated in the ‘HIGH! DREAM Camp with Parents,’ receiving great response.

The camp’s theme was ‘Wise Career and Academic Advancement Directions That Determine My Future,’ providing third-year middle school students about to enter high school with information on local high school enrollment and opportunities to develop career planning skills.

Jeollanam-do Office of Education’s Supervisor Kim Sang-mo and University Admission Support Officer Jeon Im-beom gave special lectures on ‘Why High School Choice Is Important,’ while Admission Officers Ryu Yoon-hee and Kim Min-ja presented on ‘Knowing High School Life Know-how.’

Principals from 10 local general high schools participated, holding interviews under the theme ‘Welcome, Is This Your First Time at Yeosu Area High Schools?’ allowing students to directly consider their aptitudes and career paths.

Yeosu Mayor Kwon Oh-bong said, “Despite the COVID-19 situation, since Yeosu is known as a clean area, we are carefully working to expand the academic advancement incentives significantly so that outstanding third-year middle school students can focus on their studies near their parents without going outside the region, thereby promoting virtuous cycle education. I hope the camp prepared today will be of great help in students’ future career choices.”

Meanwhile, this year, Yeosu has 2,229 third-year middle school students across 24 schools, and among last year’s 2,641 third-year graduates, 183 (6.9%) enrolled in high schools outside the region.

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