Ibaeyong, Chair of the National Education Committee, Gives Special Lecture in Daegu … Invited by Daegu Happiness Promotion Institute

The Daegu Happiness Promotion Social Service Center will hold a special lecture by Lee Baeyong, Chairman of the Presidential National Education Committee, on the 21st at the Daegu City Hall Sangyeok Building Auditorium.

The National Education Committee is an administrative committee directly under the President that establishes South Korea's 10-year national mid- to long-term education plans and determines the direction of education policies based on social consensus to improve educational conditions. It operates five special committees on university entrance system reform, development of local universities, holistic education, vocational and lifelong education, and future science talent cultivation.

Chairman Lee, who will give the lecture, is an educator and historian who has served as the 13th president of Ewha Womans University, the 15th president of the Korean Council for University Education, and the 16th president of the Academy of Korean Studies. He currently serves as the chairman of the Presidential National Education Committee.

Held as part of the capacity-building project for lifelong education stakeholders, this lecture will be conducted under the theme "Lifelong Education and Historical Awareness" for about 300 lifelong education institution officials. Additionally, lifelong education institutions attending on the day will receive a plaque certifying them as cooperative institutions for the activation of lifelong education between the Happiness Promotion Center and Daegu City.

Baeyong Lee, Chairperson of the National Education Commission

All local lifelong education program operating institutions and related personnel are welcome to attend and can apply for free through Google Forms.

Jung Sooncheon, Director of the Happiness Promotion Center, said, "This event will be the first step in the practical efforts of Daegu City and the Happiness Promotion Center to establish a national-local-private cooperation system for lifelong learning, which is a core task of the 5th Basic Plan for Lifelong Education Promotion (2023?2027)."

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