Haenam-gun to Gather Residents' Support for 50 Billion Won Scholarship Fund Establishment

Establishing a Foundation for Creating a Desirable Educational Environment, Expanding the Scholarship Fund Size

Haenam-gun Office Building Exterior (Photo by Haenam-gun)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun] Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 3rd that it has decided to expand the scholarship fund to foster talent and establish long-term educational development plans by improving educational conditions for youth, and will actively engage all residents in the fundraising efforts.

To expand the scholarship fund, the county is preparing various measures to enable all residents to participate, including agreements with local businesses for scholarship donations, donations from public officials, and fostering a voluntary and virtuous donation culture among residents.

Accordingly, starting with the local business ‘4est Sumokwon (Director Kim Geon-young)’ in March-April, the county signed scholarship fund donation agreements consecutively in April with ‘Haenam Sweet Potato Bread Financier (CEO Lee Hyun-mi).’

According to the agreements, the businesses plan to allocate a portion of their profits to the scholarship fund, which is expected to become an opportunity for local businesses and county education to grow together.

Within the public service community, there is also a growing atmosphere of active participation in raising 50 billion KRW for the scholarship fund. First, unused welfare points of public officials will be collected upon application and donated collectively to the scholarship fund at the end of the year.

Some departments have decided to donate part of their reward money, and individual public officials are also making donations to the scholarship fund, demonstrating leadership and initiative.

The Haenam-gun scholarship fund was established through an ordinance in 1997 and currently amounts to about 10.4 billion KRW. This year, approximately 3.372 billion KRW will be supported for talent development projects including scholarship student selection, support for prestigious schools, operation of arts and physical education specialty schools and after-school programs, foreign language experience centers and native speaker instructor support, integrated education experience centers, innovative education districts and village education community support, and career experience center support.

Additionally, Haenam-gun plans to invest and support a total of 17.9 billion KRW across 40 projects in four major areas this year: talent development, expansion of educational welfare, improvement of educational environment, and activation of education programs linked with the local community.

County Governor Myeong Hyun-gwan stated, “We plan to establish a long-term and sustainable foundation to create an educational environment where people want to stay and will spare no investment in nurturing youth talent, the future of the region. We will actively work to foster a community atmosphere that can realize the residents’ aspirations for education.”

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