Seodaemun-gu Selected as an 'Excellent Lifelong Learning City' by the Ministry of Education

Vice Minister of Education Commendation, Incentives Including Exemption from Re-designation Evaluation

Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, was selected as an 'Excellent Lifelong Learning City' by the Ministry of Education. Lee Seongheon, the district mayor (center), and staff from related departments are taking a commemorative photo. (Photo by Seodaemun-gu Office)

Seodaemun-gu, Seoul (Mayor Lee Seong-heon) announced on the 8th that it has been selected as an 'Excellent Lifelong Learning City' after passing the evaluation in the '2023 Lifelong Learning City Re-designation Evaluation' recently conducted by the Ministry of Education and the National Institute for Lifelong Education.

The re-designation evaluation is conducted every three years, and this year it was carried out on 55 local governments nationwide, assessing 20 detailed indicators across three areas: lifelong education project implementation system, project operation, and project performance.

Seodaemun-gu was recognized for its achievements such as activating urban small-scale learning communities under the mid- to long-term vision of a 'Learning City for One Person,' guaranteeing residents' nearby learning rights, operating its own lifelong education quality management framework, and efforts to improve learner satisfaction, leading to its selection as an 'Excellent Lifelong Learning City.'

Accordingly, the district received a commendation from the Deputy Prime Minister of Education and was exempted from the lifelong learning city re-designation evaluation for the next three years. Only five local governments nationwide, including Seodaemun-gu, were selected as 'Excellent Lifelong Learning Cities' in this evaluation. Seodaemun-gu, designated as a lifelong learning city in 2013, also received a special award from the Ministry of Education for the Korea Lifelong Learning Awards last October.

Lee Seong-heon, Mayor of Seodaemun-gu, said, "As an excellent lifelong learning city, we will put more effort into lifelong education projects closely connected to residents' lives."

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