Busan Metropolitan Office of Education, Yeongdo Area ... Promoting Transformation into a 'Premium Education District'

Strengthening Learning Capabilities at Gwangmyeong High and Yeongdo Girls' High, Transforming Former Busan Nam High Site into an Educational and Cultural Hub

Busan Metropolitan Office of Education.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] The Yeongdo area in Busan is expected to be completely transformed into a prestigious educational district.

The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education will concentrate administrative efforts and budget to enhance educational capabilities in Yeongdo, where schools have become small-scale due to a sharp decline in the school-age population.

They will operate educational enhancement programs not only at Gwangmyeong High School and Yeongdo Girls' High School, the general high schools in Yeongdo, but also at middle schools, and boldly invest in budgets to improve the latest educational environment.

The Office of Education plans to make every effort to transform Gwangmyeong High School and Yeongdo Girls' High School into ultra-modern future schools.

They will support budgets to equip state-of-the-art and modern facilities, introduce digital-based teaching and learning, and promote a major transition to future schools through the establishment of advanced learning infrastructure such as gigabit wireless networks.

Through bold investments optimized for school sites, such as introducing school-specific specialized programs to improve academic achievement, the Office of Education will focus its capabilities to help these schools become prestigious schools representing Busan.

The Busan Office of Education also plans to open various student-tailored programs in areas including literature, arts, and physical education at middle schools in Yeongdo and proactively invest budgets to create a pleasant and latest educational environment.

Busan Nam High School will relocate to Myeongji International New City in Gangseo-gu. The plan to establish a high school in Myeongji New City (relocation replacing the establishment of Busan Nam High School) was approved on the 27th at the 4th regular central investment review of the Ministry of Education in 2022, confirming the relocation of Busan Nam High School.

The relocation replacing the establishment of Busan Nam High School has been pursued since 2020 but stalled due to opposition from some local residents. However, Superintendent Ha Yoon-su personally met with residents opposing the relocation on the 26th, explained the necessity of the move, and persuaded them, ultimately achieving the relocation of Busan Nam High School that had not been possible for the past two years.

With the approval of the central investment review for the Myeongji New City high school establishment plan (relocation replacing the establishment of Busan Nam High School), the Yeongdo area has laid the foundation for improving educational capabilities through fostering appropriately sized schools. Myeongji International New City will also resolve overcrowded classes, enabling smooth student placement in the western school district.

The current site of Busan Nam High School will be actively developed into a complex educational and cultural hub for the Yeongdo area by actively reflecting the opinions of the local government and residents.

Superintendent Ha Yoon-su said, “We will develop Gwangmyeong High School and Yeongdo Girls' High School into representative prestigious schools of Busan and create Yeongdo as a premium educational district that satisfies parents and students.”

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