Seoul's Seodaemun-gu wins UNESCO Learning City award
The Seodaemun municipal government in Seoul said Friday it has been named one of 10 winners of the 2019 UNESCO Learning City Award for its exemplary progress and commitment to promoting education and lifelong learning.
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning gives the biennial award to a municipality with a membership of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in recognition of outstanding efforts to improve educational environment at the local level.
The Hamburg-based institute said Seodaemun has taken advantage of its many high-rise apartments by creating small learning communities that teach 50 courses each year in residents' living rooms.
The 10 winners include Egypt's Aswan, Malaysia's Petaling Jaya, China's Chengdu, Greece's Herakleion, Nigeria's Ibadan, Ukraine's Melitopol, Mexico's Santiago, Colombia's Medellin and Denmark's Sonderborg.
They are scheduled to receive the awards during a ceremony at the 2019 International Conference on Learning Cities in the Colombian city of Medellin in October. (Yonhap)