Pohang City Achieves Success as an Excellent Case in the Ministry of Education's 'Education Development Special Zone Pilot Project'

Establishing the 'Forever Education System':
Highly Praised for Laying the Foundation for Local Talent Settlement
Restructuring Curriculums Linked to the Secondary Battery Industry:
Strengthening Employment Connections through Industry-Academia Cooperation

Pohang City achieved a significant accomplishment by being selected as an outstanding case at the ‘Educational Development Special Zone Pilot Project Performance Report’ hosted by the Ministry of Education, held at the Holiday Inn Gwangju Hotel in Gwangju on the 20th.

Pohang City Achieves Excellence as an Outstanding Case in the Ministry of Education's 'Education Development Special Zone Pilot Project'. Photo by Pohang City

At the report meeting attended by Minister of Education Lee Jooho, Chairman of the Local Era Committee Woo Dongki, and others, Pohang City Deputy Mayor Jang Sangkil presented the outstanding case results under the theme of ‘Establishing the Forever Education System’.

The Ministry of Education selected 17 special zones as outstanding operation cases at the performance report meeting. Pohang City’s ‘Forever (Pohang+Education+Battery+er)’, which was selected as an outstanding case, represents the city’s aim to support talents who have received specialized education in secondary batteries in Pohang to find employment and settle in the region.

Pohang City’s selection as an outstanding case is the result of its efforts to nurture regionally tailored talents and lay the foundation for settlement through curriculum restructuring and introduction linked to the secondary battery industry, strengthening employment connections through industry-academia cooperation, and expanding educational infrastructure.

The city has introduced curriculum restructuring and new educational programs linked to the secondary battery industry to foster talents tailored to the region, and has established a system that organically connects specialized high schools, universities, and companies.

Based on this, the city is guiding students to continue to stay and grow within the region even after graduation.

In addition, the city has signed agreements with 36 companies related to the secondary battery industry and is actively supporting the employment of graduates.

In particular, Pohang Heunghae Technical High School has restructured its departments to focus on secondary battery-related majors, and Pohang University and Sunlin University are also operating departments related to secondary batteries, ensuring close collaboration between industry and education.

Pohang City’s achievement in linking local industry and the education system and implementing tailored policies to encourage local talent to settle in the region has been recognized as a national model, and the establishment of the Pohang-style educational innovation ecosystem is expected to gain further momentum.

Deputy Mayor Jang Sangkil stated, “Pohang City’s selection as an outstanding case is the result of establishing an innovative model linking education and local industry,” and added, “We will continue to do our best to create an environment where students can learn, grow, and settle in Pohang.”

The Educational Development Special Zone is a policy that aims to nurture local talents and revitalize the local settlement ecosystem by having local governments, education offices, universities, local companies, and public institutions cooperate to innovate regional education and provide high-quality education in local areas.

Since last year, 56 pilot regions for the Educational Development Special Zone have been designated and operated in 7 metropolitan governments and 83 basic local governments, including Pohang City.

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