Seocho-type Lifelong Education 3-Combination (Integration·Union·Harmony) Project Promotion

Seocho-gu Launches 'Lifelong Education Mid- to Long-Term Development Plan' to Propel 'Global Lifelong Learning City Seocho'... Research Service Begins in March for Seocho-Style Lifelong Education Integrated Platform, to Continue for 5 Months Until July

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Seocho-gu is embarking on the establishment of the "Seocho-gu Lifelong Education Mid- to Long-term Development Plan" to leap forward as a "Global Lifelong Learning City Seocho" in the post-COVID-19 era and the 4th Industrial Revolution era.

Under the goal of "Realizing Seocho as the No. 1 Open Education Hub through the Construction of an Integrated Lifelong Education Information Platform," the district will conduct a five-month research project until July through the Korea Lifelong Education Promotion Foundation, a specialized lifelong education institution, to provide residents with more open lifelong learning opportunities via the Seocho-type lifelong education triple harmony (integration, combination, and harmony).

The purpose of this research project is to establish a control tower role suitable for the global lifelong education era by integrating Seocho-gu’s lifelong education and efficiently dividing roles to provide lifelong education information closer and more conveniently to residents.

The main tasks of the project include ▲building an integrated platform that links and coordinates lifelong learning projects that have been duplicated or scattered across departments ▲packaging various lifelong education programs ▲focusing on improving residents’ quality of life through harmonious and integrated education.

Through this project, the district will establish a global lifelong education vision and strategy along with Seocho-gu’s unique "Mid- to Long-term Lifelong Education Development Plan." This will lay the foundation for lifelong education and create a higher-quality "Seocho-type lifelong education environment."

Meanwhile, the district continuously promotes projects that become the "standard of Korea" to realize "Seocho as the No. 1 Open Lifelong Education Hub." First, the "Father Center," the nation’s first healing space for fathers, opened in 2016 and operates over 300 courses such as Dad the Best Chef, Happy Fathers Choir, and Paldanggeum training. It serves as a representative lifelong education project of Seocho-gu and is benchmarked by local governments nationwide.

In addition, the district actively carries out various lifelong education programs unique to Seocho as follows.

? Expanding practical lifelong learning opportunities for vulnerable groups such as children and seniors

? Learning and career mentoring for vulnerable children and youth, "Seoripul Saem"

? The nation’s first specialized "Seocho Maternal and Child Health Center" providing "Healthy Parent Education" for pregnant women and infants

? "Smart Senior Project" to narrow the digital gap among seniors

? "Seoripul Smart Senior School" operated at "Neutinamu Shelter," the nation’s first cultural and leisure complex space for seniors

? Customized education for the era of ten million companion animals, "Children’s Companion Animal Culture Class"

Lifelong education enjoyed alongside jobs

? "Early Childhood Sharing Character Education" focusing on training personality education instructors mainly for women returning to work, who are then dispatched to local daycare centers to teach sharing-themed education

? "Seocho-gu Village Instructor Operation Project," delivering differentiated knowledge in various fields such as psychological and emotional support, career, and jobs to local students

? Expanding Seocho-type lifelong education to prepare for the future in the 4th Industrial Revolution era

? "Seocho-type AI Coding Education," a creative science education program (using AI robots) responding to the rapid increase in demand in the 4th Industrial Revolution era

? "Seocho Youth Leadership Conference," a future leader training program exploring solutions to social problems with professors and experts from Seoul National University

? "4th Industrial Revolution Seocho Youth Employment School," a future talent development project in collaboration with KAIST

A district official said, "We will do our best to build an integrated lifelong education information platform tailored to various life cycles and add 1℃ of sincerity to realize a warmer and more 'Open Lifelong Education No. 1 Seocho.'"

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