Kang Sung-hoon, Gwangju Buk-gu Council Member, "Financial Education Needed at Students' Level"

Kang Seong-hoon, a member of the Buk-gu District Council in Gwangju Metropolitan City, urged the establishment of governance for the development of economic education programs and the training of economic instructors.

In a recent 292nd Extraordinary Session, 3rd Plenary Meeting, district administration question, Councilor Kang stated, “Economic education programs are important to help children develop wise consumption habits and economic awareness so that they can grow into healthy talents.”

However, he noted, “Buk-gu conducts financial education for elementary, middle, and high school students, but the instructors are mainly researchers with master's and doctoral degrees, and the education is mostly lecture-based, which is regrettable.”

He especially emphasized, “For young children and elementary students, customized economic instructors who can communicate and engage with them are needed,” adding, “If these instructors are trained, an early economic education environment can be established for children.”

He continued, “Illiteracy makes life inconvenient, but financial illiteracy can pose a serious threat to survival, so we must provide leading economic and financial education to ensure our children do not live in financial illiteracy.”

He then proposed, “Through establishing governance for the development of economic education programs, we should train economic leaders, select economic instructors like village guides, and appoint them as lecturers.”

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