Suwon City Invested 279.6 Billion Won in Education Budget Over Five Years

From 2003 to 2007, Suwon City allocated a total of 279.64 billion won to education support projects, with 47% of the investment directed toward educational facility infrastructure, the highest proportion.

According to Suwon City, over the past five years since Mayor Kim Yong-seo took office, the city invested a total of 279.64 billion won in the education sector.
Of this amount, direct school support funds totaling 78.672 billion won, representing 28%, were allocated for school meal facility expansion, library improvements, native English teacher support, and school forest development projects. Indirect support funds, accounting for 72% or 200.972 billion won, were directed toward educational facility investments (library construction, English villages, international school establishment, etc.) and education policy projects (scholarship foundation operations, student overseas training programs, We Start initiatives, etc.).

By sector, direct school support projects encompassed 19 different categories, with investments in school sports and cultural facilities accounting for 24.22 billion won as the highest proportion, followed by support for specialized high schools and school meal facility improvements. For indirect investments across 35 categories, educational environmental facilities received the highest support at 132.647 billion won, followed by education project investments at 68.325 billion won.

A city official stated, "We have allocated budgets with the goal of making Suwon the best education-focused city in South Korea," and added, "Moving forward, we will make Suwon the nation's premier education city through more long-term and systematic planning."