Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education Holds 'Gwangsan Education Internationalization Special Zone Declaration and Sharing Meeting'

The Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education announced on the afternoon of the 30th that it held the ‘Gwangsan Education Internationalization Special Zone Future Vision Declaration and Sharing Meeting’ at the auditorium of the Gwangju Education Civic Cooperation Promotion Institute Establishment Promotion Team.

This future vision declaration and sharing meeting was organized to announce the vision for the 3rd phase of the Education Internationalization Special Zone project, which will officially begin next year, and to share the core tasks related to it.

About 250 people attended the event, including faculty and staff, parents, general citizens from Gwangsan-gu, and related officials from organizations involved in the special zone project.

The event proceeded in the order of a K-POP performance by students from Wolgok Middle School, greetings from Superintendent Lee Jeong-seon and Gwangsan District Mayor Oh Young-geol, congratulatory speeches, and the future vision declaration and sharing meeting.

In particular, the vision of the Gwangsan Education Internationalization Special Zone, “Cultivating Global Talents with a Sense of Global Citizenship,” was announced, along with explanations of the core tasks: ▲ Establishing a global citizenship education platform ▲ Global citizenship education ▲ Fostering global teachers ▲ Glocal education for coexistence and mutual growth.

The Gwangsan Education Internationalization Special Zone project aims to create a sustainable educational environment that communicates with the world by linking the City Office of Education with the Gwangju City Hall, Gwangsan District Office, and other local communities. Through this, it seeks to nurture students into global talents with a sense of global citizenship.

Going forward, the project plans to promote global citizenship education based on universal human values, operate international exchange programs for students and teachers, provide foreign language education, develop Korean language curriculum models, and implement bilingual education.

Superintendent Lee Jeong-seon said, “I hope that the related projects will be successfully promoted starting with this future vision declaration and sharing meeting,” and added, “We will do our best to help Gwangju students understand universal human values such as democracy, human rights, peace, and cultural diversity, and grow into global talents who can practice these values on the international stage.”

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