Yangcheon-gu Opens Second Nationwide 'Y Education Expo 2024' to Preview Future Advanced Classrooms

Yangcheon-gu (Mayor Lee Gi-jae) announced that from the 16th to the 18th, it will host the nationwide 'Y Education Expo 2024' for the first time among local governments, using the area around Yangcheon-gu Office as the venue, and that the grand opening took place today, the 16th.

This year, the expo was planned as a campus-style event so that any citizen can freely participate in the educational programs they want. Various contents were prepared, including expert forums, future advanced classrooms, star mentor lectures, career rock talk concerts, and lifelong learning festivals.

On the morning of the day, an opening tape-cutting ceremony for the education expo was held around Yangcheon Park with the humanoid Amy robot, followed by a Taekwondo demonstration performance by K-Tigers. In the afternoon, the opening ceremony of 'Y Education Expo 2024' is scheduled to be held with about 500 attendees including Lee Gi-jae, Mayor of Yangcheon-gu, education officials, students, and parents.

Many distinguished guests, including Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon and Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Superintendent Cho Hee-yeon, will attend the opening ceremony to celebrate together, followed by a star mentor lecture by Lee Sedol 9-dan, the only Go player who defeated AlphaGo.

Lee Gi-jae, Mayor of Yangcheon-gu, said, “At the site of the second Y Education Expo, proactively hosted by the educational city Yangcheon-gu, I hope everyone will spend a meaningful time seeing, hearing, and feeling the future that has come close to us and leap toward a greater future.”

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