National Pukyong University Sports Promotion Institute Receives Commendation from Korea Sports Promotion Foundation Chairman

Produced 1,000 Level 2 Life Sports Instructors

The Sports Promotion Institute of Pukyong National University (Director Shin Jong-dae) announced on the 2nd that it received a commendation from the Chairman of the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation on December 31, 2023.

The Sports Promotion Institute was recognized for its contribution to nurturing excellent sports instructors and promoting community sports by operating training courses such as the national qualification Level 2 Life Sports Instructor (65 disciplines) certificate and the Health Exercise Manager certificate, and was selected as an outstanding training institution.

Among 61 sports instructor training institutions nationwide this year, the Sports Promotion Institute produced the highest number of 1,000 graduates and was the only institution to receive the 2024 commendation from the Chairman of the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation.

Since being approved as a Level 3 Life Sports Instructor training institution in 1998 and re-approved as a Level 2 Life Sports Instructor training institution in 2014, the Sports Promotion Institute has produced more than 800 excellent sports instructors annually, training 21,600 people over 27 years.

As the number of trainees increased each year, the Sports Promotion Institute expanded the quota for the Level 2 Life Sports Instructor training course to 900 in 2023 and 1,500 in 2024.

In addition, after being selected as the first Health Exercise Manager training institution in the Busan and Gyeongnam region in 2021, efforts to operate high-quality training courses were also recognized, such as expanding the designated field training institutions from 12 to 24 this year.

The Sports Promotion Institute plans to focus on the Sports Instructor Training Department (Head Professor Choi Ho-kyung) to further attract sports instructor training qualification courses for the development of the local sports culture.

Gwak Geum-ha, the officer in charge of the Sports Instructor Training Project, said, “Following the award of the commendation from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in 2022, we have now received this commendation as well, and we will strive to operate the training with greater responsibility and a sense of mission.”

On-site at the National Pukyong National University Sports Promotion Center Lifestyle Sports Instructor Training Course.

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