Gwangju City Extends Application Period for University Students' 'Education Disaster Relief Fund'

Gwangju City Hall

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 8th that it will extend the application period for the 9th Livelihood Stability Measure, the College Student Education Disaster Relief Fund, which was announced on the 15th of last month.

The extended application period will be from the 12th to the 14th of this month, and the eligibility criteria remain the same as last month.

For those who missed the application period, additional online applications will be accepted, and after verifying eligibility, 100,000 KRW per person will be paid to the student's own account by the end of this month.

The support target is college students enrolled in universities located in Gwangju as of September 15, who have at least one of themselves, their father, or mother registered as residents in Gwangju.

Only students enrolled in universities located in Gwangju are eligible; graduate students, students on leave, or those enrolled in universities located in other regions are not eligible.

From the 12th, online applications will be opened on the city’s website, and application documents can be submitted through mobile phone identity verification. If mobile phone identity verification under the applicant’s name is not possible, applications can be submitted by mail or fax to the autonomous district in charge of the applicant’s registered address.

For detailed information such as eligibility and application documents, please refer to the public notice on the Gwangju city website.

Meanwhile, the city received applications from about 39,000 college students through online applications from the 22nd to the 25th of last month and paid disaster relief funds to about 37,000 students as of the 29th. About 2,000 students with incomplete documents will receive payments within this month after document supplementation.

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