Pohang Lifelong Learning Center and Uiduk University Lifelong Education Center Sign MOU to Establish Lifelong Education System

Strengthening Regional Universities and Lifelong Education Networks

On the 24th, Pohang City signed a business agreement with the Lifelong Education Center of Uiduk University (Director Shin Sang-gu) to establish a regional lifelong education system.

Pohang Lifelong Learning Center signed a business agreement on the 24th at the Lifelong Education Center of Wideok University to establish a regional lifelong education system. (From left, Song Young-hee, Director of Pohang Lifelong Learning Center, Shin Sang-gu, Dean of Life-Up Convergence College at Wideok University)

This agreement focuses on overcoming the crisis faced by local universities due to the decline in school-age population and the outflow of local talent, with local universities seeking ways to overcome the crisis and local governments aiming to expand the scope of lifelong education.

Under this MOU, both parties agreed to ▲mutual exchange of professional personnel and physical infrastructure ▲discovery of joint lifelong education projects ▲joint development of non-degree programs ▲and strengthening cooperation by sharing information on major projects of each institution.

On the same day, a special lecture by Song Young-hee, Director of the Lifelong Learning Center, was held for about 20 staff members of the Uiduk University Lifelong Education Center on the theme of "Collaboration Methods for Lifelong Education between Pohang City and Local Universities."

During the lecture, opinions were shared on cooperation plans for the 12th Gyeongbuk Province Lifelong Learning Expo scheduled for next year and the creation of a Pohang-type lifelong learning city, aiming to establish a new lifelong education paradigm where life and learning become one through collaboration between local governments and universities.

Director Song Young-hee of the Lifelong Learning Center stated, “We expect that the exchange of human and physical infrastructure between local universities and local governments will promote regional social development and strengthen the role of local universities,” adding, “Let us build a lifelong education system that leads the local era and contributes to the local community together.”

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