Park Seong-su, Songpa District Mayor, Receives Applause for Proposing Seoul's Representative Future Education Plan

District Chief Park Attends 'Innovative Education Local Government Council Regular General Meeting' at Osan City Hall on the 17th, Emphasizes "Future Education Must Change According to Local Characteristics Through Cooperation Between Local Governments and Communities"

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] On the 17th, Park Seong-su, Mayor of Songpa District Office, proposed measures to revitalize the village education community on behalf of the Seoul area member cities at the ‘Innovative Education Local Government Council Regular General Meeting’ held at Osan City Hall.

The ‘Innovative Education Local Government Council’ was launched in March 2018 to discover localization project models of basic local governments related to government national tasks and to strengthen educational autonomy of local governments. Fifty-three local governments are participating, with Gwak Sang-wook, Mayor of Osan City, serving as chairman, and Park Seong-su, Mayor of Songpa District Office, as senior vice chairman.

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At the regular general meeting, about 30 people including Yoo Eun-hye, Minister of Education, Kim Jin-kyung, Chairperson of the National Education Council under the President, and heads of representative cities by region attended to share opinions on cooperation models between local governments and schools in the changing educational environment due to COVID-19, etc.

At this event, Mayor Park Seong-su proposed the ‘Measures to Revitalize the Village Education Community’ as a future education alternative on behalf of the Seoul area member cities. This was discussed at the Seoul area roundtable held in Songpa District on the 6th.

Specifically, ▲ spreading innovative education districts and strengthening local government educational capacity through enhanced communication between local governments and schools ▲ developing village education curricula tailored to regional characteristics ▲ establishing legal and institutional measures for opening school facilities, etc.

The proposed contents will be formally requested to the Ministry of Education as next year’s education policy.

Following this, Mayor Park shared the achievements of ‘Songpa SSEM,’ the district’s representative education project.

‘Songpa SSEM’ is an education support system independently developed and established by the district, encompassing educational services provided throughout the entire life cycle from infants to the elderly.

In particular, through the ‘Songpa People’s Library,’ which involves 555 local figures, more than 15,000 students have received online and offline educational content support, achieving a synergistic effect with school classes amid the COVID-19 crisis.

Participants showed great interest, noting that ‘Songpa SSEM’ is similar to the direction of future education districts promoted by the Ministry of Education amid rapid changes in the education field.

Park Seong-su, Mayor of Songpa District Office, emphasized, “The answer to educational innovation must be found within the local community,” and added, “We will continue to actively promote projects tailored to our district’s characteristics, like ‘Songpa SSEM,’ to prepare a foundation for nurturing creative and excellent talents in step with the times.”

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