Deputy Prime Minister Lee Ju-ho: "Supporting Autonomous Public High Schools as Education Development Zones"

Lee Ju-ho, Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs and Minister of Education, announced that he will support an autonomous public high school model linked with local governments in relation to the Education Development Special Zone.

On the 21st, Deputy Prime Minister Lee visited Bonghwang High School in Naju, Jeollanam-do, and held a "Meeting to Enhance Educational Capacity in Innovation Cities."

At this meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Lee discussed the operation of the Education Development Special Zone and regional educational development with Hwang Seong-hwan, Deputy Superintendent of Education for Jeollanam-do, Yoon Byung-tae, Mayor of Naju, parents, and about 20 others.

Lee Ju-ho, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education

Naju Innovation City is one of the candidates for the "Education Development Special Zone" announced by the Ministry of Education to improve local educational environments.

The attendees unanimously agreed on the need to develop a cooperative model utilizing 16 major public institutions, including Korea Electric Power Corporation, in Naju Innovation City.

They particularly emphasized the necessity of conducting visiting classes using autonomous school curricula and establishing an active cooperation system with local institutions, universities, and industries.

Deputy Superintendent Hwang Seong-hwan said, "We are considering directions to raise the overall educational capacity of the region and to achieve win-win development without leaving any students behind," adding, "Regarding the Education Development Special Zone, we are entrusting autonomy to schools on the ground and closely examining directions for regional community development through education."

Deputy Prime Minister Lee emphasized the leading model of autonomous public high schools linked with the Education Development Special Zone.

He stated, "Autonomous public high schools are a system through which local children can receive educational benefits. For this, a region-centered major transformation of the entire public education system is necessary," and added, "A major transformation is possible not by a uniform approach led by the Ministry of Education, but when diversity and openness are guaranteed according to various local resources and infrastructure."

He continued, "If region-tailored ideas are proposed and the government supports them, it will open a path for mutual growth where all boats can sail on the sea together."

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