Goheung Office of Education Holds "2025 Goheung Glocal Education Expo"

Career Experience Offered at 46 Booths

The Goheung Office of Education in South Jeolla Province announced on May 14 that it had successfully held the "2025 Goheung Glocal Education Expo" at the Palyoung Gymnasium on May 13, with the participation of approximately 1,500 elementary, middle, and high school students.

This expo was organized to help students develop self-directed career planning skills and to provide career experience opportunities from a "glocal" perspective, encompassing both the local community and the world.

Goheung Office of Education successfully held the "2025 Goheung Glocal Education Expo" at the Goheung Palyoung Gymnasium. Photo by Goheung Office of Education

The expo featured a total of 46 booths, including a high school exploration zone, a university exploration zone, a glocal future zone, a career and job zone, and an operations support zone. Eight universities from the Gwangju and South Jeolla regions and four high schools from Goheung participated, offering admission information and opportunities for hands-on experience in various majors. In addition, local organizations such as the Goheung Family Center, the National Youth Space Center, the Goheung Fire Station, the Goheung Police Station, Nonghyup, and the National Sorokdo Hospital joined to provide realistic job experience programs.

The students' responses were also positive. A student from Nokdong Middle School said, "By consulting with professors at the university booths, I was able to gain confidence in my career path."

Superintendent Kwon Hyungseon stated, "I could see the true meaning of the expo in the students' shining eyes," and added, "Taking this expo as an opportunity, we will expand hands-on career education in cooperation with various educational resources in the region."

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