Seong-su Park, Songpa District Mayor, Hosts Regular General Meeting of the Innovative Education Local Government Council... Theme?

District Mayor Park Seong-su: "Local Governments Must Compensate for 2 Years of COVID-19 Education Loss"... Council to Promote Next Year's Education Office Roundtable and Excellent Project Policy Modeling

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] The Innovative Education Local Government Council, chaired by Park Seong-su, Mayor of Songpa District, held its regular general meeting and symposium on the 5th at the Suncheon Bay Ecological and Cultural Education Center in Suncheon City, Jeollanam-do.

The Innovative Education Local Government Council (hereafter the Council) is an association of local government heads aimed at strengthening cooperation between central and local governments, as well as between general autonomy and educational autonomy. Established in March 2018, it currently includes 65 local governments nationwide. Mayor Park Seong-su has been serving as chairman since July this year.

The theme of this regular general meeting was "Dreaming of an Educational Transformation Opening the Future of Cities." The meeting featured sharing of outstanding policy cases and achievements by member cities by region, with presentations from Geumjeong District in Busan and Yanggu County in Gangwon Province. This was followed by a presentation from Kim Jin-kyung, Chairperson of the Presidential National Education Council, on "National Educational Responses to the Future Society."

At the event, Mayor Park Seong-su emphasized, "To ensure that the experiences caused by COVID-19 do not become a 'lost two years' for students, local governments must step up to compensate for educational losses," adding, "Let us strive to make excellent educational models from each region important indicators of national education policy."

The heads of member cities agreed to cooperate in developing their own educational models, sharing each other's strengths, and creating synergy.

To this end, the Council plans to carry out various projects next year to share local realities and educational concerns and seek practical solutions. These include regional symposiums held jointly with education offices, policy modeling projects sharing excellent projects of member cities, and a research group for local government heads called "Future Education 3.0."

Mayor Park Seong-su stated, "Thanks to sharing educational philosophies and policies among member cities through the Council, we have been able to wisely cope with the COVID-19 crisis," and added, "We will continue to be an important partner of the central government, innovating education close to residents and striving to create a better future than 'pre-COVID' times."

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