Mayor Shin Sangjin: "100,000 Won Entrance Preparation Allowance for First-Grade Students... Supporting Their First Steps"

Seongnam City to Begin Support Next Year
Ordinance Submitted to City Council
6,303 New Students Expected Next Year

Seongnam City in Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Shin Sangjin) announced on September 19 that it plans to provide an admission preparation grant of 100,000 won to first-grade elementary school students starting next year.

To this end, the city completed consultations with the Ministry of Health and Welfare on July 21 regarding the establishment of a new social security system, and submitted the "Seongnam City Ordinance on Admission Preparation Grants for Elementary Schools, etc." to the 305th temporary session of the Seongnam City Council.

The city expects the number of new elementary school students next year to be 6,303 and plans to secure the necessary budget for this project accordingly.

The 100,000-won admission preparation grant will be provided in the form of local currency (Seongnam Love Gift Certificate).

Eligible recipients are new first-grade students who, as of the admission reference date, are registered residents of Seongnam City and are enrolling in either an elementary school or an alternative education institution registered with the Office of Education.

The city expects this initiative to have multiple benefits, including encouraging childbirth, revitalizing the local economy, and strengthening the public role in the field of education.

Shin Sangjin, Mayor of Seongnam, stated, "We are pursuing the provision of admission preparation grants to support students as they take their first steps and to ease the financial burden on parents regarding educational expenses. We hope that this practical support, provided at a time when financial burdens increase due to the need to prepare school supplies, will help students begin their first school life in a more stable environment."

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