Cooperation Across Generations to Build an Educational Ecosystem... Busan Office of Education Calls for 65 Organizations to Operate Village Education Communities

Busan Office of Education.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Trainee Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education will hold a public recruitment for organizations wishing to operate village education communities for five days from the 10th to the 14th.

The community strives to create an educational ecosystem where schools, villages, and local communities unite and cooperate.

This year, through the recruitment, 65 organizations across three types will be selected: 10 'starting stage village education communities,' 50 'growth stage village education communities,' and 5 'care-centered village education communities.'

The recruitment targets are nonprofit private organizations, corporations, cooperatives, and local residents with 10 or more members who are active centered around villages in the Busan area.

The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education will hold explanatory sessions related to the recruitment from the 5th to the 8th by each Da-Happiness Education District.

Village education communities will be selected through document and interview evaluations, and the final selection results will be announced on the Office of Education’s website at the end of February.

The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education will support the selected village education communities with up to 10 million KRW annually for capacity building of members and program operation expenses.

From April to November, the Office of Education will conduct capacity-building training and consulting for village education community activists.

Centered on the 11 Da-Happiness Education Districts and hub village education communities, networks between organizations will be activated to share activities and operational status of each village education community.

The Busan Office of Education will carry out various projects suited to regional characteristics linked with the Da-Happiness Education District projects through training and consulting, and will also involve them in the public-private-academic governance within the Da-Happiness Education District communities.

Last year, the Busan Metropolitan Office of Education selected 40 village education communities through recruitment and operated over 130 programs including non-face-to-face and small-scale village-linked classes and village care support.

Superintendent Kim Seok-jun said, “We will continuously expand village education communities through cooperation and solidarity between schools, villages, and local governments.”

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