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Busan Metropolitan City and the Office of Education Collaborate on Innovative Education Policies for the City’s Sustainable Growth

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) and the Busan Metropolitan Office of Education (Superintendent of Education Kim Seok-joon) announced that the “2025 Second Half Educational Administration Council” will be held today (October 24) at 4 p.m. in the City Hall Video Conference Room.

The meeting will be attended by Mayor Park Heong-joon, Superintendent Kim Seok-joon, City Councilor Lee Bok-jo of the Construction and Transportation Committee, and directors-general in charge of the agenda items from both institutions.

The Educational Administration Council is a regular biannual meeting jointly organized by Busan Metropolitan City and the Office of Education to discuss major issues related to improving school education environments and educational support projects, as well as to collaboratively resolve local educational challenges.

At this second-half meeting, a total of five agenda items proposed by the City and the Office of Education will be thoroughly discussed.

The City’s agenda items include:
▲ Improvement of the operation of the Joint Housing Project Committee
▲ Cooperation on the establishment of Hanbok culture education and related programs.

The Office of Education’s agenda items include:
▲ Request for the transfer of school site charges (school expansion costs)
▲ Support for free school meal expenses for the 2025 academic year
▲ Consultation on the budgeting of statutory contributions for 2026.

In addition to the Educational Administration Council, the City and the Office of Education hold three working-level meetings each year. They have also established a close cooperative system through the Eco-Friendly Free School Meal Committee and the Education Support Review Committee, where they continue discussions on educational support projects such as:
▲ Free school meal expenses
▲ Construction of multipurpose school auditoriums
▲ Support for after-school programs for special education schools.

Since 2024, both organizations have also been jointly implementing representative projects for Busan’s education innovation, such as the “Educational Development Special Zone Pilot Project” and the “Multi-Child Education Support Points Program,” promoting various initiatives to strengthen the competencies of future talents.

Recently, the Educational Development Special Zone Pilot Project received the highest rating of “A” in its performance evaluation, which allowed the City and the Office of Education to secure additional project funding.

Mayor Park Heong-joon stated, “Busan Metropolitan City and the Office of Education have been making policy efforts together to establish Busan as a leading city for future education and a model of balanced national development,” and added, “We will continue to cooperate closely so that the policies pursued for educational innovation in Busan can lead to the city’s sustainable growth.”