‘Ddaengddaeng Maeul’ Field Trips Continue... A National Model Case of Utilizing Closed School Facilities

Daegu Dalseo-gu Council Members Visit

The Ulsan Village Education Community Hub Center has been recognized as a national model case for utilizing closed school facilities, attracting visits from other regions.

On the 7th, 14 members of the Welfare and Culture Committee of the Dalseo District Council in Daegu visited the Ulsan Village Education Community Hub Center.

The Dalseo District council members toured the center to strengthen their legislative capabilities and explore ways to develop local education, and also listened to the current status of program operations.

The Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education established and has been operating the center since 2020 by utilizing the closed (former) Gunggeunjeong Elementary School in Sangbuk-myeon, Ulju-gun, providing various experiential activities for students, parents, and citizens in the Ulsan area.

The center serves as an intermediate hub connecting schools and the village, with more than 30,000 students and residents using it annually. It is a space that enhances local educational capacity and contributes to expanding educational opportunities in public education, also known as ‘Ddaengddaeng Village’.

Students participating in the Ddaengddaeng Village school-linked curriculum program are taking a commemorative photo.

Since the center's opening, other education offices, local governments, and various institutions from Seoul and elsewhere have benchmarked it, with 2,346 visitors having toured ‘Ddaengddaeng Village’.

In the first half of this year, 17,347 students from 65 elementary and middle schools participated in school-linked curriculum programs, and a satisfaction survey of participating students showed a 93% satisfaction rate.

Ddaengddaeng Village, a national model case utilizing closed school facilities, also received the Prime Minister's Award at the 2021 Life SOC Competition.

Park Jungil, Chair of the Welfare and Culture Committee of the Dalseo District Council, said, “The visit to Ddaengddaeng Village, a model of the village education community connecting the village and schools, was very helpful in exploring ways to develop the local education community.”

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