Gokseong-gun Wins Grand Prize for Governance Local Politics Award

Best Award in Administrative Efficiency Improvement as a Result of Regional Education Paradigm Shift

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik] Gokseong-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 3rd that County Governor Yoo Geun-gi received the Grand Prize at the <2021 Governance Local Politics Awards> hosted by the Governance Center on June 2nd.

The awards were presented in a total of seven categories (expanding residents' living convenience, enhancing administrative efficiency, strengthening community capacity, decentralization and autonomy, increasing regional vitality, pioneering the future, and responding to COVID-19). Governor Yoo Geun-gi was honored in the category of enhancing administrative efficiency for his outstanding achievements in promoting creative education policies.

Yoo Geun-gi, who is serving his second and third terms as an elected official, has emphasized education as a core policy during his third term. The goal is to prevent residents from leaving the region due to education and to encourage young people who had moved to cities to return because of the quality of education in Gokseong. To this end, he is fostering a learning-centered culture where everyone participates in education and is transforming the entire Gokseong-gun area into a stage for creative education in nature by utilizing local ecological resources.

Notably, he has established an education system to sustain specialized local education. Gokseong-gun, the Office of Education, schools, and the local community have come together under the common goal of education to build a local community education governance. The result materialized with the nationwide first public-private-academic education collaboration institution, the . The foundation is currently collaborating with various educational stakeholders and conducting diverse educational projects.

Governor Yoo Geun-gi expressed his award acceptance remarks, saying, “Through happy education where the local community grows together, I will make Gokseong-gun the happiest place to live, ranked number one in happiness index.”

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