Gwangju Nam-gu "Support for Entrance Preparation Funds for New Elementary, Middle, and High School Students Starting Next Year"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Nam-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (District Mayor Kim Byung-nae) has announced the legislative notice for the ‘Nam-gu Entrance Preparation Fund Support Ordinance,’ which provides entrance preparation funds to new students entering elementary, middle, and high schools starting next year to reduce parents' educational expenses and create an equitable educational environment among students.

According to Nam-gu on the 14th, the Nam-gu Entrance Preparation Fund Support Ordinance was established based on the higher laws, the Framework Act on Education and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, to realize equal educational opportunities and universal educational welfare.

The ordinance mainly supports the costs required for purchasing school uniforms, physical education uniforms, and smart devices for remote classes for new students entering elementary, middle, and high schools starting next year.

In particular, to strengthen the public nature of education and realize universal educational welfare, the entrance preparation fund will be provided regardless of income.

The support targets include first-grade students entering schools located within the district, first-grade students transferring from other cities, provinces, or abroad to schools located in Nam-gu, and first-grade students whom the district mayor recognizes as needing support for universal educational welfare.

However, if the entrance preparation costs are supported based on other laws or ordinances, or if costs are supported by other means, the entrance preparation fund may be reduced or not provided.

The Nam-gu Entrance Preparation Fund Support Ordinance will undergo a legislative notice period until the end of this month to collect residents' opinions, followed by legal review and the ordinance and regulation deliberation committee meetings to finalize the ordinance. It is scheduled to be deliberated and approved at the 281st Nam-gu Council’s 2nd regular session at the end of November and promulgated by the end of December.

Once the ordinance is promulgated, approximately 7,958 new students entering elementary, middle, and high schools in the district next year are expected to benefit. The support amount is expected to be around 100,000 KRW for elementary school entrants and 250,000 KRW for middle and high school entrants.

District Mayor Kim Byung-nae stated, “We will establish an equal support system without educational blind spots and provide the best educational welfare nationwide,” adding, “We will make Nam-gu the number one education district where children can be educated without worries.”

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