Sejong City Council's Education and Safety Committee cuts the entire 19.6 billion won project cost of the Global Career Exploration Team.

The Global Career Exploration Project, which the Sejong Office of Education promotes for all third grade middle school students in the district, was put on hold by the city council standing committee.

According to the Sejong City Council on the 3rd, the City Council's Education Safety Committee approved the Office of Education's second supplementary budget for this year to completely reduce the Global Career Exploration Team project cost of 19.6 billion won at the second meeting of the 109th regular meeting of the Education Security Committee.

Committee members raised questions about efficiency and feasibility, pointing out the enormous opportunity cost, lack of differentiation from existing projects, and uncertainty in securing airline tickets and accommodations during peak season.

The city council's check on the Global Career Exploration Team was expected from the pre-standing committee review stage.

The Sejong City Council, which has an overwhelming number of city council members belonging to the Democratic Party, has been casting a negative gaze on the Global Career Exploration Project, which has been ambitiously promoted by Sejong Superintendent Kang Mi-ae, who has been classified as a moderate conservative.

However, the Global Career Exploration Team project, which did not pass the standing committee threshold, was not completely aborted.

There is a possibility that the related budget will be revived in the review of the City Council's Budget and Settlement Special Committee scheduled for the 7th, but the general opinion is that it will not be easy considering the composition ratio of city council members.

The Global Career Exploration Project is a program in which approximately 5,000 third-year middle school students in the district visit domestic and foreign industries, research institutes, and universities, and is a key pledge of Sejong Superintendent of Education Kang Mi-ae.

The cost is shared between the Office of Education and participating students, and out of the total project cost of 19.6 billion won, the Office of Education's share of the budget is estimated at 17.9 billion won.