Ulsan Office of Education Supports School Library Renovation with 1.2 Billion KRW Funding

The Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education will provide a budget of 1.2 billion KRW in the first half of the year to expand infrastructure for elementary, middle, and high school libraries to create future-friendly spaces.

The budget will be allocated as follows: 700 million KRW for remodeling projects at 10 schools, 200 million KRW for establishing book cafes at 10 schools, and 150 million KRW for equipment replacement at 15 schools.

The Office of Education plans to recruit schools interested in participating by the 23rd of this month and will select target schools through on-site visits and document reviews.

The book collection expansion project will support schools lacking sufficient books by conducting a survey and establishing a separate plan, with 150 million KRW scheduled to be provided in early May.

The expansion of school library infrastructure is divided into remodeling, book cafe establishment, equipment replacement, and book collection expansion to support future education such as cooperative learning and creative convergence education.

The remodeling project, which receives the largest portion of the budget, will not only renovate old school libraries but also expand support to future-oriented, eco-friendly, and community-open school libraries.

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The book cafe establishment project utilizes unused school spaces to provide healing spaces where students can read books and communicate.

The book collection expansion project supports newly established schools and others that lack sufficient books even if they allocate 3% of their basic school expenses for library book collection expansion.

Last year, the Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education supported a total of 14.9 billion KRW for infrastructure expansion in 149 schools, including 76 elementary schools, 32 middle schools, 37 high schools, and 4 special and various schools.

An official from the Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education stated, “As school libraries become increasingly important as spaces for proactive learning and communication, we hope for active participation and interest in the school library infrastructure expansion projects promoted by the Office of Education.”

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