Looking for Small Schools with Increasing Students... Gyeongbuk Office of Education Accepts Applications for 'Kkumkium Small School' Certification

The Gyeongbuk Office of Education (Superintendent Lim Jong-sik) announced on the 15th that it is accepting applications for the 2024 academic year 'Kkumkium Small School' certification until the end of October.

'Kkumkium Small School' is a system established by the Gyeongbuk Office of Education since 2020 to certify outstandingly operated small schools in response to the rapid decline in the school-age population and to revitalize small schools. Five schools have been certified each year, with a total of 20 schools having received the Kkumkium Small School certification so far.

Signboard of 'Kkumkium Small School' installed at Andong Pungbuk Elementary School

Eligibility for certification application includes schools operating small school revitalization projects such as the 'Small School Free School District System,' 'Small School Cultivation Project,' and 'Gyeongbuk-type Joint Curriculum.' Schools must have a student population growth rate of 5% or more between April 1, 2023, and September 1, 2024, and have at least three media publicity achievements from March 1 of last year to the present to apply for certification.

The evaluation will fairly select five schools based on indicators such as media publicity achievements, project implementation fidelity and appropriateness, the principal's commitment and member participation, curriculum operation, distinctive school projects, and efforts to secure external funding.

The selected schools will receive a prize of approximately 3 million KRW per school, along with an excellent school certification plaque and a Kkumkium Small School signboard.

Lim Jong-sik, Superintendent of Gyeongbuk Office of Education, stated, "Small schools in Gyeongbuk have great strengths unique to them, such as student-centered education, one-on-one customized academic support, and arts-specialized education." He added, "We will continue to nurture schools that students seek out themselves and that are small but strong through specialized curricula and differentiated educational program operations."

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