Incheon Office of Education Signs Business Agreement with Saint Petersburg Education Committee of Russia

Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education and Saint Petersburg Committee of Education of Russia Sign Business Agreement
[Photo by Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] The Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education announced on the 5th that it has signed an online memorandum of understanding (MOU) for educational exchange with the Saint Petersburg Committee of Education in Russia.

The Saint Petersburg Committee of Education, under the city government, oversees educational affairs similar to the roles of metropolitan and provincial offices of education in South Korea.

This MOU aims to expand cultural exchanges between students and teachers with the Saint Petersburg Committee of Education and was promoted to concretize this year’s key policy of the Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education, "East Asian Citizen Education Embracing Incheon and Heading to the World."

According to the agreement, the two institutions plan to establish sister school partnerships among local elementary, middle, and high schools and expand exchanges between schools.

Depending on the future trend of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), they plan to share excellent educational programs online and offline and promote cultural exchanges.

Superintendent Do Seonghun said, "There is a Saint Petersburg Square at the Incheon Coastal Pier, and an Incheon Square in Kronstadt, Saint Petersburg," adding, "We are pleased to start educational exchanges with Saint Petersburg, with which Incheon has a long-standing friendly relationship, and hope that the two institutions will work together to nurture talents for peace and coexistence in East Asia."

Natalia Zhenadivna Petrovskaya, Chairperson of the Saint Petersburg Committee of Education, stated, "Let us realize together the values of East Asian citizen education promoted by the Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education through various exchanges, including online ones, in the future."

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