Songpa-gu Provides 18.7 Billion Won in Educational Expenses to Improve Safe and Comfortable Learning Environment

▲Improvement of School Safety Facilities ▲Support for Meal Fees and Enrollment Preparation Fees… Strengthening Educational Welfare

▲Proactive Response to Future Education Including the Establishment of 4th Industrial Revolution Specialized Classrooms… Enhancing Educational Competitiveness

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Songpa-gu (District Mayor Seo Gang-seok ·photo) announced that it will provide 18.7 billion KRW in educational expense subsidies to create a safe learning environment and proactively respond to the rapidly changing educational environment.

The district aims to establish a "safe and pleasant educational environment and student-centered future education infrastructure" by strengthening educational welfare through school facility improvements and meal fee support, creating various student-centered educational spaces according to future-oriented curricula, and enhancing academic achievement through the establishment of AI classrooms, thereby creating an equitable educational environment for everyone.

This year, to strengthen Songpa's educational competitiveness, the district secured 18.7 billion KRW for educational expenses in 2023, allocating 6.2 billion KRW to support creative and character education for improving the educational environment and academic achievement from kindergartens to schools, 11.3 billion KRW for meal support from kindergarten through high school, 300 million KRW for free education for all high school grades, and 900 million KRW for enrollment preparation fees for first-year students.

In particular, 600 million KRW of the educational expenses provided to local schools will be used to create a safe learning environment by installing new and additional CCTV in blind spots within schools and improving disaster safety facilities in response to floods and climate change.

To facilitate smooth communication between students, parents, and schools, the counseling environment within schools will also be improved. Nine hundred million KRW will be provided to schools wishing to renovate old counseling rooms or establish new ones.

Additionally, to actively respond to the rapidly changing educational environment, a new category for school facility improvements to build future education infrastructure has been established, with 300 million KRW allocated. Support will be provided to replace outdated computer and filming equipment to operate 4th Industrial Revolution specialized classrooms utilizing AI education, digital textbooks, and educational content.

Seo Gang-seok, Mayor of Songpa-gu, stated, “Through the educational expense subsidies, I hope all students in Songpa-gu grow into members of society equipped with competitiveness to respond to future society in better educational environments.” He added, “We will continue to do our best to strengthen student-centered educational welfare so that no one is left behind and everyone can receive education fairly.”

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