Gangbuk-gu Supports School Education Space Innovation with Over 1.73 Billion Won Funding

Unused and Aging School Spaces... Creation of Playgrounds, Smart Classrooms, and Community Rest Areas
Up to 150 Million KRW per School Since 2022... Total Support of 1.72547 Billion KRW for 14 Schools

Gangbuk-gu, Seoul (Mayor Lee Soon-hee) is promoting the ‘School Education Space Innovation’ support project to cultivate students' future core competencies and activate creative and convergence education, receiving positive responses from schools and students.

The ‘School Education Space Innovation’ support project is not simply about improving aging facilities in schools, which are the foundation of education, but about restructuring standardized school facilities into creatively flexible educational spaces that can respond to future education.

Through this project, idle and aging spaces within Gangbuk-gu schools are being transformed into ▲ learning and play ▲ rest and communication ▲ digital IT education ▲ community shared spaces.

The School Education Space Innovation support project is one of Mayor Lee Soon-hee’s pledges. After a pilot project in the second half of 2022, it has been fully implemented since 2023, providing up to 150 million KRW per school.

The district held a public contest for 38 elementary, middle, high, and special schools in the area at the beginning of the year, and after review by a committee, educational expense subsidies were granted in June.

In 2022, the district supported one school with 100 million KRW to create a caf?-style multipurpose room, and last year, it supported six schools with 789.58 million KRW to create student rest areas, convergence art rooms, and community rest spaces.

This year, 835.89 million KRW was provided to seven schools to prepare subject classrooms for the high school credit system, rest areas on playgrounds, and IT classrooms. So far, the district has supported a total of 14 schools with 1.72547 billion KRW.

Meanwhile, when selecting schools for the ‘School Education Space Innovation’ project, the district gives incentives to schools that open facilities such as playgrounds and parking lots to local residents, promoting coexistence between schools and the community.

Mayor Lee Soon-hee of Gangbuk-gu said, “Since students spend most of their time at school, schools should not be spaces solely for studying but enjoyable places where learning, play, and rest harmoniously coexist. Also, if school spaces are shared with residents, it will be an opportunity for both the community and schools to grow together.”

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