Gyeongnam Office of Education Expands 'Dongbu Region Student Safety Experience Center'

Yangsan-si, 40% Increase in Planned Site Area Decision

8500㎡→12,000㎡, 29 Billion KRW Investment

The site for the Eastern Region Student Safety Experience Education Center, which is being established by the Gyeongnam Office of Education, will be expanded by about 40%.

On the 15th, the provincial Office of Education announced that through an agreement with Yangsan City, the site for the experience education center has increased from the original 8,500㎡ to 12,000㎡.

According to the provincial Office of Education, the education center to be built in Dong-myeon, Yangsan, will include various experiential facilities designed to help kindergarten, elementary, middle, and high school students from the eastern Gyeongnam region, including Changwon, Gimhae, Miryang, and Yangsan, develop the ability to respond to various types of disasters and safety accidents.

The project period is from this year until 2026, with a total construction budget of approximately 29 billion KRW.

Location map of the existing site where the Gyeongnam Office of Education Eastern Region Student Safety Experience Education Center will be established.
[Photo by Gyeongnam Office of Education]

On January 31, Superintendent of Education Park Jong-hoon and Mayor Na Dong-yeon signed a memorandum of understanding to build the Eastern Region Student Safety Experience Education Center on an 8,500㎡ site within the Yangsan Water Quality Purification Park, which the city will provide free of charge.

An official from the provincial Office of Education explained, “During practical consultations with the city, we requested an expansion of the planned site, and the city agreed, allowing for the expansion of disaster response facilities and the construction of an annex.”

Superintendent Park expressed gratitude, saying, “I thank Yangsan City, the City Council, and the Gyeongnam Provincial Council for expanding the site. With the establishment of the Eastern Region Student Safety Experience Education Center, we will implement hands-on safety experience education tailored to students’ levels to raise safety awareness and enhance crisis response capabilities.”

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