Daegu city and education office jointly apply for education innovation zone
In short
Daegu City and the Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education said on 6 October that they have jointly applied for designation as an “education innovation leading region”, a programme run by the Ministry of Education. Gunwi county applied under the population-decline category, while the city’s other eight districts and four education support offices applied under the non-capital region category. Newsis reported the designation is expected next month; Yonhap did not give a date.
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Daegu City and the Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education have jointly applied to be designated an “education innovation leading region”, a programme run by the Ministry of Education, the education office said on 6 October. Gunwi county office and the Gunwi education support office applied under type 1, the category for population-declining areas, while the city’s remaining eight districts and counties and four education support offices applied under type 2, for non-capital regions. [ 2 ]
According to Yonhap, the programme is intended for education offices, local governments and communities to cooperate in creating an education ecosystem, so that students can receive quality education and grow in the region where they were born. The city and the education office said they would also work with local universities and companies to support the application. [ 2 ]
Superintendent Kang Eun-hee said that realising balanced regional development requires public education innovation through tailored education support that reflects local demand, and that it is important to create living conditions so that people educated in the region settle there. [ 2 ]
Newsis reported that the designation is expected next month; Yonhap did not give a date for the decision. Newsis’s headline described the joint application, but the article text carried under it concerned the Supreme Court chief justice and a request from the presidential office, not the education application. [ 1 , 2 ]
Why it matters
The programme is intended to let regional education offices, local governments and communities cooperate on education so students can receive quality schooling where they grow up. Daegu’s application states the city and education office plan to work with local universities and companies, making the outcome relevant to the region’s schools and its efforts to keep young people in the area.
Key facts
- Daegu City and the Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education jointly applied for “education innovation leading region” designation, a programme led by the Ministry of Education. [ 1 , 2 ]
- Gunwi county office and the Gunwi education support office applied under type 1, for population-declining areas. [ 2 ]
- The remaining eight districts and counties of Daegu and four education support offices applied under type 2, for non-capital regions. [ 2 ]
- The programme is designed for education offices, local governments and communities to build an education ecosystem so students can be educated and grow in the region where they were born. [ 2 ]
- The city and education office said they would work with local universities and companies to support the application. [ 2 ]
- Superintendent Kang Eun-hee said public education innovation tailored to regional demand is needed for balanced regional development, and that living conditions must be created so people educated there settle in the region. [ 2 ]
- Newsis reported the designation is due next month. [ 1 ]
Confirmed by several sources
- Daegu City and the Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education jointly applied for “education innovation leading region” designation, a programme run by the Ministry of Education. [ 1 , 2 ]
- The applicants include Gunwi county and Daegu’s other districts and education support offices, split into population-decline and non-capital categories. [ 2 ]
Still unclear
- The exact date the Ministry of Education will announce the designation. Newsis says only that the designation is due “next month”, while Yonhap does not mention timing.
- How many regions will be designated and which other areas applied. The documents describe only Daegu’s application and give no information on competing applicants or the number of slots.
- The contents of document 1’s article text, which discusses the Supreme Court chief justice and a request from the presidential office rather than the education application named in its headline. The article body does not match the headline, so it provides no usable detail on this event.
What local media are saying
Timeline, local time
- Newsis reports that Daegu City and the city education office jointly applied for “education innovation leading region” designation, expected next month. [ 1 ]
- Yonhap reports the joint application and details the programme purpose and the type 1 and type 2 applications by Gunwi county and Daegu’s other districts. [ 2 ]