Who Is the 4,000th Scholarship Recipient in Yongsan-gu?

Yongsan-gu Provides 260 Million Won in Dream Tree Scholarships
Applications Accepted from 18th to 29th at Local Community Centers or Schools ▲Elementary 300,000 Won ▲Middle 500,000 Won ▲High 700,000 Won ▲University 2 Million Won, Total 260 Million Won... Selecting 400 Recipients Including 120 Elementary, Middle, High School Students and 40 University Students Residing Over One Year in Yongsan-gu

Yongsan-gu, Seoul (Mayor Park Hee-young) is recruiting 400 Dream Tree scholarship students who will receive a total of 260 million KRW in scholarships from March 18 to 29. Applicants must be elementary, middle, high school, or university students who have been registered residents of Yongsan-gu for more than one year as of the announcement date (March 11).

The district has been providing scholarships since 2013 to create an educational environment that promotes equal opportunities and uncovers hidden talents. University students were added to the program starting last year.

Selection is divided into four categories?General, Community Service, Academic Excellence, and Special Talents?to nurture various skills and talents without solely focusing on family background or grades.

The scholarship amounts per person are as follows: 300,000 KRW for elementary students (120 recipients), 500,000 KRW for middle school students (120 recipients), 700,000 KRW for high school students (120 recipients), and 2 million KRW for university students (40 recipients). Overlapping benefits with other scholarships are not allowed. University students who receive full national scholarships (Korea Student Aid Foundation) are excluded.

Students (elementary, middle, high) and their parents who wish to apply for scholarships can do so at their local community service center (for General and Community Service categories) or at their current school (for Academic Excellence and Special Talents categories). However, students attending schools outside the district in the Academic Excellence or Special Talents categories must apply through their local community service center with a recommendation from their school principal.

University students (General and Academic Excellence categories) can apply at their local community service center regardless of their school location.

Application forms and related documents can be downloaded from the district’s website under the announcements and notices section or the education portal notice board. For more details, please refer to the official announcement.

After the application period ends, the district will hold a Scholarship Fund Management Committee meeting next month to finalize the selection of scholarship recipients. Subsequently, in celebration of the upcoming ‘Youth Month,’ a scholarship certificate award ceremony will be held at the small theater ‘Garam’ from May 21 to 23, and scholarship funds will be deposited into individual accounts.

The Dream Tree scholarship is funded by the interest income from the ‘Yongsan-gu Scholarship Fund.’ Over 11 years since 2013, a total of 3,628 students have received approximately 1.49 billion KRW in scholarships.

Park Hee-young, Mayor of Yongsan-gu, said, “I hope the growing Dream Trees will take pride in being talents of Yongsan-gu and continue to grow toward their dreams.”

Meanwhile, the district enacted the ‘Yongsan-gu Scholarship Fund Establishment and Operation Ordinance’ in 2010. The fund reached 10 billion KRW over nine years (2011?2019). As of 2024, the scholarship fund size has grown to approximately 10.8 billion KRW.

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