Gangdong-gu Secures 100 Million Won Special Grant for Local Government Collaboration on 'Smart Campus'

Selected for the 'Smart Campus' Special Grant Project with Schools and Students Nationwide... Providing Quality Educational Services to Students Across the Country Through Regional and School Collaboration

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gangdong-gu (Mayor Lee Jeong-hoon)’s ‘Smart Campus with Regional Cities’ has been selected for the ‘2021 Local Government Collaboration Special Grant Project’ hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, receiving a special grant of 100 million KRW.

This contest was conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety targeting 243 metropolitan and basic local governments nationwide to discover and financially support projects that provide high-quality resident services through collaboration between local governments and public/private sectors. Along with Gangdong-gu, a total of eight projects were finally selected.

The selected ‘Gangdong Smart Campus’ is a future-oriented education model unique to Gangdong-gu, designed to allow not only high school students within Gangdong-gu but also students from regional cities to receive major and career education by utilizing the e-studio and smart education platform established in schools within Gangdong-gu.

This was planned by the district to alleviate the increasing educational gap between regions and students caused by the full implementation of remote classes due to the COVID-19 situation last year. A total of six cities?Seoul Gangdong-gu, Jeollanam-do Yeosu-si, Jeollabuk-do Jeongeup-si, Gyeonggi-do Yangpyeong-gun, Jeollabuk-do Jinan-gun, and Gangwon-do Hongcheon-gun?25 high schools, and about 6,000 students are participating in the smart campus.

Students from regional cities can participate online in real-time in major and career lectures conducted by university professors through the smart campus, and can also interactively communicate with instructors on special lecture topics. This complements the one-way nature of general offline lectures and allows access to various educational content without restrictions of time and space.

Lee Jeong-hoon, Mayor of Gangdong-gu, stated, “The smart campus is particularly meaningful in that it provides joint curricula to students nationwide through cooperation between regional cities and schools,” and added, “Through the selection of this collaboration project, we will provide generous support to offer high-quality educational content to even more students.”

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