Starting in March, Eunpyeong Innovation Education District Project to Fully Launch... Establishing Educational Governance, Youth Autonomy, Career Exploration, Village Exploration with 19 Projects in 4 Areas... Planned Collaboration with Local Educational Institutions
[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Eunpyeong-gu (Mayor Kim Mi-kyung) will officially launch the Eunpyeong Innovation Education District project starting in March.
The Innovation Education District project is a collaborative initiative between the Office of Education, Seoul City, and autonomous districts to respond to the changing educational environment. Since 2015, it has aimed to normalize public education and revitalize the village education community.
Although the Innovation Education District project began in 2015 with the participation of 11 autonomous districts including Eunpyeong-gu and now involves all 25 autonomous districts of Seoul, Eunpyeong-gu has been running an ‘Education Content Linkage Project’ since 2012, three years before the Seoul-type Innovation Education District started, where village instructors meet children at schools.
Eunpyeong’s ‘Education Content Linkage Project’ discovers and trains village instructors and connects them to after-school classes, providing students with vivid field education, reducing administrative burdens on schools, and creating village jobs, achieving a triple-win effect.
The Eunpyeong Innovation Education District project is based on this ‘Education Content Linkage Project’ and grounded in public-private-academic governance cooperation, which allows it to actively respond to the changing educational environment.
Last year, due to the COVID-19 virus, schools shifted entirely to remote classes, which created educational blind spots for vulnerable groups (low-income, multicultural, etc.).
In response, the Eunpyeong Innovation Education District proactively matched 50 students from educationally vulnerable groups with 10 local institutions and 25 village instructors, contributing to bridging the educational gap caused by remote learning.
Since the start of the Innovation Education District project in 2015, Eunpyeong-gu has consistently ranked among the top in the central evaluation conducted by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education among 25 autonomous districts. In 2020, it scored an average of 97 points across 12 evaluation areas (compared to the 25-district average of 93 points), being recognized as a leading autonomous district in innovative education.
In preparation for the COVID-19 era, Eunpyeong-gu plans to newly promote the ‘2021 Eunpyeong-type Innovation Education District Project,’ focusing on four areas?education governance establishment, youth autonomy, career exploration, and village exploration?with 19 projects in cooperation with local educational institutions.
A district official stated, “We plan to implement various projects aimed at the healthy growth of youth within the village community, especially focusing on projects to bridge educational gaps caused by COVID-19 and psychological and emotional support projects to ensure that precious school days are not lost to COVID blues.”
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