8 New Lifelong Learning Cities Designated Including Taebaek in Gangwon and Mungyeong in Gyeongbuk

Support of 90 Million Won for Lifelong Education Project Operating Expenses

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The Ministry of Education and the National Institute for Lifelong Education have newly designated eight lifelong learning cities to revitalize lifelong education at the regional level.

On the 9th, the Ministry of Education announced that it newly selected Taebaek-si in Gangwon, Mungyeong-si in Gyeongbuk, Gangseo-gu in Busan, Gwangjin-gu and Jongno-gu in Seoul, Dong-gu and Jung-gu in Incheon, and Sunchang-gun in Jeonbuk as lifelong learning cities, providing approximately 90 million KRW in operating expenses for lifelong education projects.

The Ministry of Education supports specialization by dividing existing lifelong learning cities into two types: the regional resource linkage enhancement type, which establishes a learner-centered lifelong learning system in connection with universities and schools, and the regional specialized program type, which operates lifelong education programs tailored to the characteristics of local governments.

The regional resource linkage enhancement type includes five locations (Wonju-si in Gangwon, Nam-gu in Busan, Seongdong-gu and Jungnang-gu in Seoul, and Dong-gu in Ulsan), and the regional specialized program type includes eleven locations (Inje-gun and Cheorwon-gun in Gangwon, Uiseong-gun and Gyeongju-si in Gyeongbuk, Osan-si and Hwaseong-si in Gyeonggi, Geochang-gun in Gyeongnam, Buk-gu in Gwangju, Yuseong-gu in Daejeon, Yeonje-gu in Busan, and Gokseong-gun in Jeonnam). Various lifelong education projects with support of approximately 20 million KRW are provided.

For the regional specialized program type that links basic and metropolitan local governments, five provinces and cities (Gyeongsangbuk-do, Busan Metropolitan City, Seoul Special City, Chungcheongbuk-do, and Jeollanam-do) were selected and provided with about 40 million KRW to discover excellent lifelong education cases.

This year, to respond to the risk of population extinction, areas designated as population decline regions by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety were separately selected as lifelong learning cities, and additional points were given during the specialization support evaluation.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Yoo Eun-hye said, "As a result of joint efforts by the Ministry of Education and local governments to activate lifelong education tailored to local conditions and characteristics, more than 83% of all basic local governments have been designated as lifelong learning cities, laying a fundamental foundation for lifelong education." She added, "This year, we will organically cooperate with related ministries and local governments to create various achievements for the qualitative leap of regional lifelong education."

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