Yongsan-gu to Open "Global Education Support Center" on the 16th

Comprehensive Support for Admissions, Leadership, and Experiential Learning

Yongsan-gu in Seoul (District Mayor Park Hee-young) will hold the opening ceremony for the "Yongsan Global Education Support Center" at 2 p.m. on October 16 on the third floor of the Youth Safe Housing near Namyeong Station on Subway Line 1, officially launching its operations. The center aims to serve as a hub for nurturing future talent by providing customized educational programs for elementary, middle, and high school students and their parents in the region.

Yongsan Global Education Support Center exterior. Provided by Yongsan-gu.

The center covers an area of 316 square meters and is equipped with three program rooms, a lounge, a multipurpose room, and a counseling room. It functions as a comprehensive educational platform, going beyond simple academic support to offer college admissions counseling, self-directed learning, character and leadership education, and artificial intelligence (AI)-based learning.

The center will be operated through private outsourcing, with four professional staff members, including the center director, stationed on-site to provide systematic education for students and support programs for parents.

With "student-centered and experience-based" education as its core values, the center will offer admissions support such as high school and university entrance briefings, one-on-one customized counseling, and special lectures on regular and rolling admissions. It will also run experiential programs including Model United Nations assemblies, youth debate academies, and self-directed learning camps. Additionally, the center will foster an educational ecosystem that brings together families, schools, and the local community through academic stress management, character education, global leadership lectures, and parent programs.

With the opening of the center, Yongsan-gu plans to accelerate efforts to bridge educational gaps and foster global talent, working in collaboration with the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the Office of Education, and local schools to spread the "Yongsan-style Education Innovation Model." The center will operate from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, with flexible work arrangements for evening programs.

Park Hee-young, Mayor of Yongsan-gu, stated, "The Yongsan Global Education Support Center will serve as an educational control tower that expands our children's dreams to the world. We will do our utmost to nurture true international talent who can cooperate and communicate globally, so that Yongsan can become the center of Korea's future education and establish itself as a global education city."

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