Busan Office of Education Supports Expanding Practical School Participation for Parents

Busan Metropolitan Office of Education is taking steps to support the expansion of practical school participation by parents and other members of the educational community.

On the 3rd, Busan Office of Education announced that it will hold a public contest for the ‘Parent Association School Participation Support Project’ and the ‘Educational Community Participation Club Operation’ to support school participation by parents and the educational community.

The Office of Education prepared this contest project to strengthen the capabilities of the educational community by spreading a culture of proactive school participation led by parents and discovering autonomous projects by each school.

The ‘Parent Association School Participation Support Project’ supports parent associations’ participation in school educational activities such as school education monitoring, parent education, volunteering, and education projects linked with the local community.

After the April contest process, 70 parent associations will be selected as project targets, and a total of 140 million KRW will be provided, with 2 million KRW per selected school. Afterwards, through meetings and consulting, an activity sharing session will be held at the end of this year to share the results.

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The ‘Educational Community Participation Club’ project supports expanding the foundation of school participation culture through various autonomous research and discussions by parents.

A total of 143 parent clubs, 23 more than last year, will be selected and supported with a total of 143 million KRW, with differential support ranging from a minimum of 800,000 KRW to a maximum of 1.2 million KRW depending on selection criteria and club preferences.

The selected clubs will autonomously decide on themes such as reading and academic discussions, cultural and artistic experience activities, and volunteering to carry out their activities. Two activity sharing sessions will be held in the first and second halves of the year to present activity cases and discuss development directions.

To ensure smooth operation of the contest projects, Busan Office of Education will hold a project briefing session for about 500 people, including parent association presidents, at 1:30 p.m. on the 4th in the main auditorium of the Education Research Information Center.

Kang Jun-hyun, Director of the Student and Parent Support Division at the City Office of Education, said, “Active participation of parents and the educational community is essential to enhance the educational capacity of schools,” adding, “We will further spread the culture of parental school participation through various parent school participation projects.”

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