Gyeonggi Provincial Superintendent of Education Lim Tae-hee (front row, left) is taking a commemorative photo on the 7th at the Uiwang Democratization Movement Memorial Association after signing a business agreement with Seoul Metropolitan Superintendent of Education Cho Hee-yeon (front row, right), Lee Jae-oh, chairman of the Democratization Movement Memorial Association, and others.

Gyeonggi Provincial Superintendent of Education Lim Tae-hee (front row, left) is taking a commemorative photo on the 7th at the Uiwang Democratization Movement Memorial Association after signing a business agreement with Seoul Metropolitan Superintendent of Education Cho Hee-yeon (front row, right), Lee Jae-oh, chairman of the Democratization Movement Memorial Association, and others.

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The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education has joined hands with the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education to revitalize civic education.


On the 7th, the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education announced that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education and the Democracy Movement Memorial Foundation at the Uiwang Democracy Movement Memorial Foundation in Gyeonggi Province to promote "Open Civic Education for Future Generations."


According to the agreement, the three organizations will collaborate in various areas, including ▲joint research and cooperation to develop democratic citizenship education capabilities, including community-oriented character education ▲joint implementation of Korean-style Voetelsbach Agreement (future-oriented deliberative discussion education principles) ▲support for exchanges among affiliated executives, teachers, and students ▲use of educational facilities such as experience centers and resource rooms.


Lim Tae-hee, Superintendent of Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, expressed expectations, saying, "The very fact that the two education offices are signing an MOU with the Democracy Movement Memorial Foundation sends a strong message of new change," and added, "I hope this will be the starting point for solving the issues our society is concerned about together."



He continued, "Today's agreement marks the beginning of social improvement starting from education," adding, "I expect education to become the energy that drives change from the bottom up and to serve as a catalyst leading to reforms and changes in other fundamental areas of the nation."


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