Seongnam City and Seongnam Office of Education Join Forces to Revitalize School Complex Facilities

Seongnam Mayor Shin Sang-jin (left) is taking a commemorative photo after a meeting with Seongnam Education Director Oh Chan-sook on the 23rd.

Seongnam City and the Seongnam Office of Education in Gyeonggi Province are strengthening their educational cooperation projects.

On the 24th, Seongnam City announced that Mayor Shin Sang-jin of Seongnam held a meeting with Oh Chan-sook, the head of the Seongnam Office of Education, on the 23rd to discuss ways to expand educational cooperation projects between the two institutions.

At the meeting, Mayor Shin Sang-jin promised, "In accordance with the Ministry of Education's recently announced 'Plan to Revitalize School Complex Facilities for Establishing a National Responsibility Education and Care System,' Seongnam City and the Seongnam Office of Education will join forces to actively promote the 'School Complex Facilities Revitalization' project."

He added, "In a situation where the school-age population is decreasing, utilizing idle school spaces to build facilities tailored to local characteristics will contribute to the development of both schools and the local community."

School complex facilities are facilities that comprehensively install and operate education, care, cultural, and sports facilities needed by schools and local communities.

Mayor Shin emphasized, "To prevent right-turn accidents at intersections involving children, it is urgent to install diagonal crosswalks around school areas, and school facilities that were closed due to COVID-19 should be promptly opened for citizens to use freely."

On the same day, the heads of the two institutions agreed to join efforts to expand awareness improvement education programs, including the establishment and operation of regular curriculum courses on low birthrate awareness education within schools as a countermeasure against the declining school-age population. Additionally, ahead of the full implementation of the high school credit system starting in 2025, they decided to pilot a high school specialization activity support project to expand learning and career choice opportunities for students in the district, with plans to gradually expand it.

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