Ulsan Office of Education Provides Fixed 250,000 KRW Support for Middle and High School Uniform Costs

Ulsan Office of Education.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] The Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education will change the method of supporting school uniform costs for new middle and high school students to a fixed amount of 250,000 KRW starting from the 2023 academic year.

As a collaborative project to achieve educational welfare, the Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education signed the "Ulsan City Middle and High School New Student Uniform Cost Support Agreement" with Ulsan City in November 2019 and has been implementing the uniform cost support project since the 2020 academic year.

The uniform cost support project is funded by the Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education (60%), Ulsan City (30%), and district/county governments (10%), providing support for school uniform purchase prices within 250,000 KRW per school.

Starting from the 2023 academic year, Ulsan City and the Office of Education agreed to change from the previous method of supporting the winning bid price within 250,000 KRW through school-based uniform bulk purchasing to a fixed amount support of 250,000 KRW.

With the fixed amount support method, schools can purchase additional uniform-related items using the difference from the winning bid price, eliminating disparities in support amounts between schools and reducing the individual financial burden on parents.

An official from the Office of Education stated, "Starting with the free uniform support project for middle and high schools in 2019, we expanded the target groups annually and step-by-step to eliminate blind spots in uniform support," and added, "We will continue to actively cooperate with Ulsan City to further minimize the educational expenses burden on parents."

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