Daejeon's Gilheon branch school to merge into Giseong Elementary in 2028
In short
Giseong Elementary School's Gilheon branch in Pyeongchon-dong, Seo-gu, Daejeon will be integrated into the main Giseong Elementary School on March 1, 2028. Yonhap reported, citing the Daejeon city education office, that the branch had only seven pupils and faced difficulties running its curriculum and forming peer groups. The merger was finalized after the city ordinance on school establishment was revised and promulgated earlier this month.
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The Gilheon branch school of Giseong Elementary School in Pyeongchon-dong, Seo-gu, Daejeon will be integrated into its main school, Giseong Elementary, on March 1, 2028. Yonhap reported the date, citing the Daejeon Metropolitan City Office of Education, and Newsis also reported that the branch would be merged into the main school on March 1, 2028. [ 1 , 2 ]
According to Yonhap, citing the city education office, the branch school had only seven pupils in total and had long faced difficulties in operating its curriculum and in forming peer groups. Last year, the report said, no new first-graders enrolled at all and the school skipped its entrance ceremony. [ 2 ]
All parents at the branch school voted in favour of consolidation in a survey conducted in May, Yonhap reported. The merger was finalized after the Daejeon metropolitan ordinance on the establishment of city schools, which contains plans for consolidating local schools, was revised and promulgated early this month. The city education office said it will continue administrative and financial support to improve educational conditions as the merger is carried out. [ 2 ]
Why it matters
The consolidation removes a branch campus that had become too small to operate normally, with no first-graders enrolled the previous year, according to Yonhap. The city education office says it will keep providing administrative and financial support to improve educational conditions as the merger proceeds. The documents give no wider figures on school closures in the region.
Key facts
- Giseong Elementary School's Gilheon branch is in Pyeongchon-dong, Seo-gu, Daejeon [ 2 ]
- The branch will be integrated into the main Giseong Elementary School on March 1, 2028 [ 1 , 2 ]
- The branch had a total of seven pupils [ 2 ]
- The education office said the school had difficulties with curriculum operation and forming peer groups [ 2 ]
- Last year no new first-graders enrolled, so the entrance ceremony was skipped [ 2 ]
- All parents at the branch agreed to the merger in a survey held in May [ 2 ]
- The merger was finalized after the Daejeon metropolitan school establishment ordinance was revised and promulgated early this month [ 2 ]
- The city education office said it will continue administrative and financial support to improve educational conditions during the merger [ 2 ]
Confirmed by several sources
Still unclear
- What will happen to the branch school's pupils, teachers and facilities after the merger The documents do not address this; the details appear only in one outlet's report.
- How many other schools in Daejeon face consolidation No document gives broader figures; the ordinance change is mentioned only in relation to this school.