Gwangju Dong-gu Selected as Lifelong Learning City for the Disabled for Three Consecutive Years

Promotion of 19 Programs Including Lifelong Learning Facilities Tailored to Different Types of Disabilities

Exterior view of Gwangju Dong-gu Office.

Gwangju Dong-gu (District Mayor Lim Taek) announced on the 18th that it has been selected for the third consecutive year in the "2025 Lifelong Learning City for Persons with Disabilities" contest, organized by the National Institute of Special Education under the Ministry of Education, securing 47.5 million KRW in national funding.

The "Lifelong Learning City for Persons with Disabilities" project has been promoted by the Ministry of Education since 2020 to support the capacity development of people with disabilities based in local communities and to establish a lifelong education foundation for people with disabilities centered on the region.

The district was selected for this contest in recognition of its achievements over the past two years, aiming to "create a disability-friendly lifelong learning foundation centered on people and shared by neighbors."

Specific achievements include hosting forums for lifelong learning cities for people with disabilities, establishing lifelong learning centers in Dong-gu, building the Dong-gu Welfare Center for the Disabled, and establishing a lifelong education foundation for people with disabilities across eight facilities in the district.

This year, the district plans to establish lifelong learning facilities tailored to different types of disabilities such as hearing, visual, and developmental disabilities, and to implement 19 programs including delivery lectures for lifelong learning for people with disabilities through village Sarangchae for elderly people with physical disabilities, activities for urban farmer activists for healthy food, and the Starlight Sound Choir.

Lim Taek, the district mayor, said, "We will strive to create a disability-friendly city centered on people through various customized education programs that consider the characteristics of people with disabilities, fostering empathy rather than difference."

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