Nowon District Mayor Oh Seung-rok Attends 2024 Youth Career Education Officials Commendation Ceremony

On the 12th at 10 a.m., Oh Seung-rok, Mayor of Nowon District, attended the ‘2024 Youth Career Education Stakeholders Commendation Ceremony’ held at the Sangsang Irum Center.

The Sangsang Irum Center operates customized career experience programs for youth targeting elementary, middle, and high schools as well as community-linked organizations. It runs a career education support group by recruiting about 400 mentors and instructors annually, and cooperates with approximately 70 schools and 20 child and youth organizations to provide various career experience opportunities to about 53,000 young people each year.

This event was organized to encourage outstanding institutions and mentors who have contributed to providing career experience opportunities and supporting youth career exploration and experience.

A total of seven individuals and organizations were selected for commendation for providing career and job experience workplaces or dedicating themselves to youth education through job experience lectures: ▲ 2 outstanding workplace providers (Monster Cooperative, Practical Co., Ltd.) ▲ 2 outstanding workplace mentors (Park Tae-hoon - Seoul Nowon Fire Station, Han Jeong-hee - Director of Nowon District Office Workplace Daycare Center) ▲ 1 professional instructor (Jung Si-young - WITIZ YouTube Creator) ▲ 2 career exploration instructors from the Career Education Support Group (Kim Jeong-ran, Kim Jin-seo).

The ceremony was attended by about 100 people including representatives and mentors of on-site career experiences, parent support groups, university student mentors, and professional instructors, and proceeded in the order of ▲ 2024 performance report and greetings ▲ on-site career experience mentor case presentations ▲ commendation ceremony ▲ congratulatory remarks ▲ group commemorative photo.

Oh Seung-rok, Mayor of Nowon District, said, “I deeply thank the institutions and mentors who have worked hard to provide career experiences that nurture the dreams and goals of young people,” adding, “We will continue to actively support Nowon youth so they can safely challenge themselves and gain diverse career experiences.”

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