Hwaseong City to Offer Humanities Courses for Military Personnel

Hwaseong City announced on the 14th that it will offer humanities and liberal arts courses for military personnel stationed in the area from June through December as part of its lifelong learning rights enhancement project.

The city will conduct a total of 20 sessions of lecture and discussion-based education to provide visiting humanities and liberal arts education to military personnel, who are among the disadvantaged in learning opportunities, thereby promoting fulfillment of their desire to learn and enhancing vitality in their military service.

The courses are divided into self-leadership for cultivating positive thinking and mindset setting, communication skills for effective communication and problem-solving, modern literature, and classical literature.

As a pilot program, self-leadership training was conducted on the 13th for 150 military personnel assigned to the Marine Corps Command, and the city plans to analyze overall educational operations including content, time, and instructors, and reset the direction of project implementation accordingly.

A city official said, "This education program will serve as an opportunity to contribute to community development based on mutual goodwill and cooperation between the military and local government."