Gyeonggi Province to Support 410 Reading Clubs to Promote Reading

Gyeonggi Province will support 410 reading clubs within the province to promote reading.

On April 23, Gyeonggi Province and the Gyeonggi Lifelong Education Promotion Agency announced that, after accepting applications from March 9 to March 25 and completing the screening process, they had selected a total of 410 reading clubs for the Reading Club Activation Support Program.

The selected clubs will participate in a variety of support programs, including capacity-building education, online and offline consulting, regional network programs, and performance sharing, starting with an orientation in April and continuing through November.

Panoramic View of Gyeonggi Provincial Library

If these clubs participate at least once a month and verify their activities on the "Reading Points with 1,000 Books" website (library.kr/bookpoint), they will receive book purchase points for their reading gatherings.

Park Myung-Hye, Acting President of the Gyeonggi Lifelong Education Promotion Agency, said, "Reading clubs are important learning communities where residents of the province learn and grow together in their daily lives," adding, "We will continue to actively support the establishment of reading as part of everyday culture through a variety of ongoing initiatives."

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