Seodaemun-gu Selected as 2021 Future Education District by Ministry of Education

Activation of Neighborhood-Level Education Governance and Promotion of School Support in Collaboration with Communities

Last October, a '3D Pen Crafting' activity was held at Bukgajwa 1-dong Community Center in Seodaemun-gu for the Saturday Neighborhood School.

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Seodaemun-gu (Mayor Moon Seok-jin) was recently selected as a final winner after passing the first document screening and the second presentation screening by jointly applying with the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education and the Seoul Western Office of Education for the Ministry of Education's 2021 Future Education District (Future-type Educational Autonomy Cooperation District) project contest.

The 'Future-type Educational Autonomy Cooperation District' is a project selected by the Ministry of Education to establish a sustainable local education cooperation system between education offices and local governments, enabling the development of excellent models tailored to regional characteristics, providing up to 150 million KRW per year for up to three years.

Since 2015, the district has been operating the Seodaemun Innovation Education District to allow local youth to freely develop their dreams and talents.

Through this, despite difficulties caused by social distancing this year, the district quickly responded to the voices from the education field by distributing online devices to schools, installing wireless internet networks, and pilot-operating the Digital Tutor project to support online classes.

In particular, the fact that all projects and programs were promoted jointly by the public, private, and academic sectors received favorable evaluations during the Ministry of Education's screening process.

Taking the selection as a Future Education District as an opportunity, the district will promote new projects in the new year based on the existing foundation, including ▲ the 'Pan' project to revitalize education governance at the dong (neighborhood) level ▲ the 'Sangsanghara' school support project in cooperation with the community ▲ the expanded version of the Saturday Dong School, a school-community cooperation project supporting blind spots in online classes ▲ and the Dalpaengi School for student psychological and emotional support.

Moon Seok-jin, Mayor of Seodaemun-gu, said, “Through cooperation between schools and communities, education offices and local governments, we will continue to actively support the precious daily lives and happy learning of youth.”

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