Busan City Signs Business Agreement with Ministry of Education and Education Office to Promote 'School Complex Facility Activation'

Acceleration of 15-Minute Living Zones Through Complex School Facilities by Busan Region

Kaesong High School on the 10th, Attended by City, Ministry of Education, Lawmakers, and City Education Office

Busan Gaeseong High School, selected as a leading site for the school complex facility project.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] On the 10th at 3:30 PM, Busan City will sign a “Business Agreement for the Smooth Promotion and Revitalization of School Complex Facilities Projects within the 15-Minute Living Zone in Busan Area” at Busan Gaeseong High School.

Attendees of the business agreement ceremony include Busan City (Mayor Park Hyung-jun), Ministry of Education (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Lee Ju-ho), National Assembly member Seo Byung-soo, Busan Metropolitan Office of Education (Superintendent Ha Yoon-soo), Busanjin District Office (District Mayor Kim Young-wook), Busan Southern Education Support Office (Director Park Gwi-ja), and Gaeseong High School (Principal Jang Kang-seok).

“School facility complexification” is a project that installs resident convenience facilities such as cultural, sports, and childcare facilities within school grounds to provide spaces where students and local residents can learn, enjoy, and communicate together. It is promoted as a win-win hub to prevent the disappearance of local communities due to the decline in school-age population. Busan City plans to actively utilize idle school facilities as strategic hubs to allocate insufficient public facilities by district in connection with its key project, the “15-minute city.”

The business agreement to be signed on this day includes ▲creating internal and external conditions for promoting Busan City’s school complex facility projects ▲mutual sharing of data and information for promoting Busan City’s school complex facility projects ▲diversification of investment resources for implementing Busan City’s school complex facility projects ▲promotion of the Busan Gaeseong High School school complex facility pilot project ▲and other cooperative matters agreed upon mutually.

Based on this business agreement, Gaeseong High School, which has about 30,000 pyeong of sufficient idle land, will be selected as the pilot project site for the school complex facility and the project will be promoted.

The school complex facility is planned to include a library, parking lot, and multi-purpose sports facilities. (Construction to begin in 2024, with an opening target in 2026)

The school complex facilities are expected to include a library, parking lot, and complex sports facilities (construction to start in 2024, targeted opening in 2026).

Following the business agreement ceremony, attendees will tour the entire facilities of Gaeseong High School, the agreement site and pilot project target, listen to on-site opinions from business officials, and seek ways to improve the system and revitalize the project to enhance policy suitability on site and promote regional win-win development.

After this day, to promote the project in earnest, a “(tentative name) Busan School Complex Facility Planning Team” composed of the Ministry of Education, Busan City, Busan Metropolitan Office of Education, autonomous districts, and installation schools will be formed and operated soon, and the school complex facility promotion plan for the 8th term of the Busan mayoral administration will be concretized.

Mayor Park Hyung-jun said, “Expanding school complex facilities by living zones will greatly contribute to improving the welfare of students and local residents, as well as revitalizing communities centered on school facilities and restoring bonds among citizens. Through this agreement, we will closely cooperate with related organizations to speed up the school complex facility project and increase the number of school complex facilities that citizens can naturally use anytime and anywhere in their daily lives, making it the foundation for building a ‘15-minute city Busan.’”

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