Yeongdeungpo-gu Signs Agreement to Become a Science Education Hub City

Yeongdeungpo-gu Signs Business Agreement with National Gwacheon Science Museum on the 15th to Become a Hub of Science Education and Lead Future Education

Agreement Reached on Science Education, Exhibitions, Cultural Programs, Workforce Development, and Joint Use of Learning Materials

Choi Ho-kwon, Mayor of Yeongdeungpo-gu, "We Will Take the Lead in Fostering Creative Convergence Talent to Lead the Future and Establishing a Special District for Science Education"

Yeongdeungpo-gu (Mayor Choi Ho-kwon) is making a full-fledged leap as the "Mecca of Science Education and a Future Education Leading City." On the 15th, the district announced that it signed a business agreement with the National Gwacheon Science Museum in the district office’s planning situation room to nurture future creative convergence talent and spread science culture.

Attending the agreement signing were Choi Ho-kwon, Mayor of Yeongdeungpo-gu, and Han Hyeong-ju, Director of the National Gwacheon Science Museum, among others. They agreed to actively respond to the changing educational environment such as the 4th Industrial Revolution through differentiated science education and to cooperate in nurturing scientific talent needed for future society and spreading science culture.

Following a business agreement with the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education in February focused on nurturing future creative convergence talent through science education, the district plans to accelerate the establishment of the nation’s top science education-centered city and a special district for science education through this new agreement.

Choi Ho-gwon, Mayor of Yeongdeungpo District, and Han Hyeong-ju, Director of the Gwacheon National Science Museum

The two institutions plan to jointly promote ▲ planning and operation of science education, exhibition, and cultural programs ▲ workforce development and establishment and utilization of human networks in the science field ▲ popularization of science and spread of science culture ▲ consulting on production and utilization of exhibits (SciPop) ▲ establishment of a joint system for using learning guides ▲ projects to realize scientific values.

Additionally, the district will conduct STEAM education using 80 types of mobile science principle experience content from the National Gwacheon Science Museum for the ‘Visiting Science Principle Experience Classroom’ targeting elementary and middle school students.

In April, during Science Month, the district conducted a tour of the National Gwacheon Science Museum for about 600 fifth and sixth-grade elementary students to help them demonstrate scientific imagination and increase their understanding and interest in science.

Choi Ho-kwon, Mayor of Yeongdeungpo-gu, said, “In an era when artificial intelligence is becoming widespread with the spread of Chat GPT, science education is not a choice but a necessity,” adding, “Yeongdeungpo-gu will spare no support so that children can empathize with and become interested in science and grow into scientists who will lead future science and technology.”

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