Gyeongnam Provincial Government and Office of Education Strengthen Cooperation to Make Gyeongnam a Better Place to Raise Children

Discussion on 7 Agendas Including Closing Education Gap, Revitalizing Village Education Communities, and Saving Small Schools

Gyeongnam Governor Kim Kyung-soo (left) and Gyeongnam Superintendent of Education Park Jong-hoon are signing an agreement on key agenda items at the regular meeting of the Education Administration Council. (Photo by Gyeongnam Province)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Sharon] On the 29th, Gyeongnam Province and the Gyeongnam Office of Education held the 2020 Gyeongsangnam-do Education Administration Council regular meeting and agreed to strengthen cooperation on major issues to create a ‘Gyeongnam where it is good to raise children.’

The Gyeongsangnam-do Education Administration Council is an organization formed by the province and the Office of Education to jointly resolve educational issues and to cooperate and coordinate educational projects. To provide high-quality educational services to residents, continuous working-level consultations are held, and a regular meeting is held annually.

At this regular meeting, Governor Kim Kyung-soo and Superintendent Park Jong-hoon, who serve as co-chairs, along with related senior officials from the province and the Office of Education, attended. Under the co-chairs’ leadership, discussions were held on seven major agenda items, followed by a signing ceremony for the agreement.

The main agreements include ▲ joint efforts to respond to changes in future education and to eliminate educational gaps ▲ support for revitalizing village education communities and discovering cooperation models between cities and counties ▲ adjustment of the resource sharing rate for free meals for low-income groups and consultation on the special education expense account ▲ active promotion of joint projects such as the Gyeongnam Small School Revitalization Project ▲ joint efforts to create a ‘Gyeongnam good for raising children’ ▲ collaboration on the ‘Gyeongnam Regional Innovation Platform Project.’

Governor Kim evaluated the Integrated Education Promotion Team, which marked its first year since launch, as “a process of steadily taking steps to create a structure that connects the talent development system of the entire region, including elementary and secondary education sites and higher education in Gyeongnam, with good local jobs.”

Superintendent Park expressed gratitude for the province’s cooperation, saying, “Thanks to cooperation with the province, there was no significant damage to schools due to COVID-19,” mentioning support for specialized high schools through agricultural product packages, the Ijoha hygiene kit, and the Regional Innovation Platform Project.

He also stated, “Through the ‘Small School Revitalization’ currently underway in Goseong and Namhae, we will revive the region and make schools the cultural centers of the community,” and added, “I hope the solid cooperative relationship between the two institutions will continue to function properly in the future.”

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