Gokseong-gun Future Education Foundation, Continuous Benchmarking by Education Officials from Other Cities and Counties

Foundation Establishment Process and Operational Cases for Building an Educational Cooperation Support Organization

[Gokseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Cha Jong-sun] The Jeonnam Gokseong-gun Future Education Foundation (Chairman Lee Sang-cheol, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Future Education Foundation’) announced that benchmarking visits from other cities and counties are continuing to share cases of intermediate support organizations in education.

In June 2020, Gokseong-gun established the Future Education Foundation to overcome the crisis of regional extinction caused by population decline.

This year, the number of visits from officials of other local governments and education offices to the Future Education Foundation has surged.

They came to hear about the foundation’s establishment process and operational cases to build an educational cooperation intermediate support organization.

According to statistics, the foundation was visited 19 times by about 200 people in 2021, and 36 times by about 500 people in 2022 for benchmarking purposes.

The Future Education Foundation is composed of members from the public, private, and academic sectors connected as an organization.

Among the foundation’s 25 staff members, there are 8 Gokseong-gun public officials, 3 educational administration officials, and education support office supervisors and teachers. This is a great strength in securing budget, administrative capacity, expertise in education, and timeliness of projects.

The Gokseong Creative Convergence Education Center, Kumkiwoomaru, is also one of the popular facilities for benchmarking.

Benchmarking visitors cited the foundation’s stable operation of the Kumkiwoomaru facility and the secure supply of instructors for the 4th industrial revolution response education programs as the best examples.

An education official who visited for benchmarking said, “I was moved by the meticulous education where not a single child is left out. Efforts like frequent meetings between local governments and education support offices, as seen in Gokseong, seem necessary for cooperation.”

A representative of the Future Education Foundation said, “We thank all the officials who visited the foundation for benchmarking this year. We will remain faithful to our role as a regional and school intermediate support platform next year as well.”

The foundation provides lifelong education from children to adults, aiming for the growth of residents and sustainable regional development.

Major projects include scholarship encouragement programs, support for school specialty projects, creative education (forest and ecology), arts education (orchestra, theater), 4th industrial revolution digital education (Kumkiwoomaru), establishment of village learning centers linked to local resources, and lifelong education.

In particular, forest and ecology education linked to public education is attended by many children as regular classes and has established itself as a specialized education representing Gokseong.

Last year, it was selected as an excellent city and county in the future-type educational autonomy cooperation district hosted by the Ministry of Education, recognizing the excellent cases of educational cooperation between local governments and education support offices.

Gokseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Cha Jong-sun hss79@asiae.co.kr

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