Namhae-gun Wins Silver Award at This Year's National Happiness IT Competition

Senior Category 1, Computer Volunteer Association's Lee Hyung-mo

Namhai-gun, Gyeongnam Province, announced on the 1st that Lee Hyung-mo (75) won the silver prize in the "Senior Category 1" at the '2023 National Happiness IT Competition' hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT.

Mr. Lee Hyung-mo from Namhae-gun won the silver award at the 2023 National Happiness IT Competition.

The National Happiness IT Competition is a contest for information-vulnerable groups such as the elderly, middle-aged, and marriage immigrants. It is hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT and organized by the National Information Society Agency and metropolitan local governments, with regional preliminaries and a national competition held.

Lee, who won the silver prize in the Senior Category 1, has honed his skills by participating in Namhae-gun's free citizen informatization education and is currently working as a senior IT instructor for the Computer Volunteer Association.

An award ceremony was held at Namhae-gun Office on October 31st.

At the event, County Governor Jang Chung-nam said, "You have personally demonstrated the truth that there is no age limit to learning, and this is a great result that confirms the qualitative improvement of Namhae-gun's citizen informatization education," adding, "We will continue to provide digital learning opportunities to enhance the IT utilization capabilities of our citizens."

The free citizen informatization education promoted by Namhae-gun is conducted at the Comprehensive Social Welfare Center's computer training room and the town and township information use centers. As of the end of September this year, 77 courses have been offered with 841 participants.

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