Jeungpyeong County Council urges the Provincial Office of Education to establish a new Jeungpyeong Office of Education and Songsan Elementary School

(Jeungpyeong = Yonhap News) Reporter Cheon Gyeong-hwan = The North Chungcheong Province Jeungpyeong County Council visited the Provincial Office of Education on the 9th and urged the establishment of a new elementary school in Songsan district, where the number of elementary school students has increased rapidly due to the establishment of the Jeungpyeong Office of Education and recent apartment construction.

Seven members of the Jeungpyeong County Council met with Superintendent Yoon Geon-yeong that day and pointed out, "Jeungpyeong-gun is one of the few regions in the country that does not have an education support office," and "Goesan-gun, which has fewer students, has an education support office, so Jeungpyeong-gun is at a disadvantage."

At the same time, as the authority to integrate and separate education support offices has been transferred to city and provincial superintendents of education due to the recent revision of the law on local educational autonomy, Superintendent Yoon Geon-yeong requested that he take an active role in the separation and establishment of the Jeungpyeong Office of Education.

The lawmakers also added, "In the Songsan district, a total of 5,000 apartment complexes are concentrated, so the construction of a new elementary school is very urgent. Currently, students in the Songsan district have to commute a distance of up to 2.5 km to school and are exposed to the risk of flooding from the Bogeang River during the rainy season. There is a high risk of safety accidents while commuting to school, so there is an urgent need to improve the educational environment."