Kim Jeong-gyeom, a Preliminary Candidate for the National Assembly in Uijeongbu Gap, Signs MOU with BIEK for the Attraction of Uijeongbu International School

Posted on 2024-01-22 at 16:12:58

Published in Simin24

Kim Jeong-gyeom, the People Power Party's preliminary candidate for the National Assembly in Uijeongbu Gap, signed an MOU on January 19, 2024, at the BIEK office in Cheongna, Incheon, for the attraction of an international school to Uijeongbu.

BIEK, an agency authorized to establish British international schools, has signed MOUs for the establishment of Kings College with Yeongjong Island Parents Alliance, IFEZ Global Citizens Council Yeongjong District, and Yeongjong International City General Association.

The memorandum for the establishment of a prestigious British school in Uijeongbu was signed by Kim Jeong-gyeom, Henry Aronsson, the head of BIEK headquarters, and Choi Byung-do, the representative of the Korean branch, each signing the document.

Choi Byung-do, the representative of BIEK, stated, "The attraction of international schools is underway in Yeongjong Island. Incheon Economic Free Zone Authority has been conducting a recruitment contest in December 2023, as they determined that Yeongjong Island, along with Songdo and Cheongna, was the only place in the Incheon Economic Free Zone without an international school."

Kim Jeong-gyeom emphasized, "Uijeongbu has been in a disadvantaged position educationally, culturally, and economically due to the logic of national security. Now, Uijeongbu must become the center of South Korea where education, culture, and the economy flourish by attracting prestigious international schools."

After the establishment of the international school, various educational support measures such as scholarship systems for students in the Uijeongbu area and English camps, as well as community contribution plans like sharing the school's sports facilities with local residents, were agreed to be implemented reflecting the opinions of Uijeongbu residents. Furthermore, to achieve the purpose of the agreement, they agreed to cooperate on various tasks, including ▷ granting admission and scholarship benefits to up to 30% of new students from Uijeongbu residents ▷ conducting English camps for children in Uijeongbu ▷ developing IB training programs for teachers in the Uijeongbu area ▷ sharing sports facilities (ice rink, swimming pool, fitness center, etc.) within the international school ▷ developing foreign language service training for small business owners in the Uijeongbu area.