Suwon Invests 279.6 Billion Won in Educational Support Projects Over Five Years

Over the five-year period from 2003 to 2007, Suwon City invested a total of 279.64 billion won in educational support projects, with 47% of the investment directed toward educational facilities and infrastructure.

According to Suwon City, over the past five years since Mayor Kim Yong-seo took office, the total budget invested in education has been 279.64 billion won.
Of this, direct school support—including school meal facility expansion, library maintenance, native English teacher support, and school forest development projects—accounts for 28%, or 78.67 billion won. Indirect support, including educational facility investment (library construction, English village, foreign school establishment, etc.) and educational initiative programs (scholarship foundation operation, student overseas study tours, We Start program, etc.), comprises 72%, or 200.97 billion won.

By sector, direct school support covers 19 different areas, with investment in school athletic and cultural facilities representing the highest proportion at 24.22 billion won, followed by support for specialized high schools and school meal facility improvements. Indirect investment spans 35 different areas, with educational environment facility support receiving the most funding at 132.64 billion won, followed by educational project investment at 68.325 billion won.

A city official stated, "We have been allocating budgets with the goal of making Suwon the finest education-centered city in South Korea," and added, "Going forward, we will develop more long-term and systematic plans to establish Suwon as the nation's premier educational city."