Gwangju Office of Education Secures 1.94 Billion Won in Special Disaster Safety Management Grants

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] The Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education announced on the 19th that it will allocate 1.94 billion KRW from the special disaster safety management grant received from the Ministry of Education in the third supplementary budget to restore school disaster damage caused by the heavy rains in the Gwangju area last August.

The Metropolitan Office of Education actively supported student safety and the normalization of school educational activities by urgently allocating 350 million KRW from the contingency fund when disasters (such as slope collapse and flooding) occurred at schools due to the heavy rains, conducting emergency restoration and repair design.

Additionally, during the disaster site inspection led by the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, detailed damage to schools in the jurisdiction was reflected in the disaster damage aggregation using the National Disaster Management System (NDMS), and support at the central government level was requested to ensure there were no disruptions to academic operations.

As a result, the Ministry of Education allocated 6.67 billion KRW in the 7th special disaster safety management grant to 17 cities and provinces this month, and the Metropolitan Office of Education received 1.94 billion KRW to promote the restoration of disaster facilities in schools within its jurisdiction.

A representative of the Metropolitan Office of Education said, “At a time when the repair and reinforcement of disaster-vulnerable facilities are urgent due to the increase in natural disasters such as slope collapse, the budget has been secured. Through this, the Metropolitan Office of Education will do its best to safely manage school facilities and prevent disasters.”

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