Osan Selected as Gyeonggi Province's 'Lifelong Learning Opportunity Special Zone'

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park Chan-hyuk] Osan has been selected as the final recipient of Gyeonggi Province's "2025 Lifelong Learning Opportunity Special Zone Support Project," the city announced on the 2nd.

The project was carried out by Gyeonggi Province to discover and support lifelong learning models reflecting regional characteristics across 31 cities and counties in the province. Osan was selected after applying under Type 1, centered on a single basic local government.

The core of the "Gyeonggi Province Lifelong Learning Opportunity Special Zone Support Project" is to establish a regionally customized lifelong education system in response to complex social issues including rapid aging, low birth rates, regional imbalances, and artificial intelligence and climate change.

Through this project, the city plans to transform lifelong learning from a simple educational dimension into a "sustainable regional growth strategy" linked with welfare, culture, and employment.

The city has established the vision of "Osan, a century-long learning city where people and resources connect."

The city plans to build an integrated learning ecosystem encompassing education, welfare, and culture, and strengthen a "government-industry-academia governance" where local governments, industries, and universities collaborate. It also plans to organically link regional resources so that any citizen can easily participate.

Mayor Lee Gwon-jae said, "This selection marks another step forward for Osan as a leading lifelong learning city," and added, "Through learning, we will raise the quality of life for our citizens and create a century-long learning city connected to jobs and local communities."