[Provided by North Gyeongsang Provincial Office of Education]
[Provided by North Gyeongsang Provincial Office of Education]

The North Gyeongsang Provincial Office of Education is pushing ahead with plans to build the province's first hands-on nutrition and dietary education facility, to be known as the School Lunch Education Center.

The office held a design consultation meeting Tuesday at its headquarters in Andong to discuss the spatial layout and facility arrangement for the center.

The center will be built by renovating and partially expanding the former Sangju Nakdong Dongbu Elementary School, which has been closed. The project will invest 9.84 billion won ($7.26 million) in total, covering a 660-square-meter addition and a renovation of the existing 1,243-square-meter facility.

The center will offer hands-on professional training for school cafeteria workers and teaching staff, while also operating as an open educational space for students and local residents.

Participants reviewed the center's key functions, floor plans and facility layout, and finalized an arrangement that accounts for the movement of outside vehicles and food ingredients.

North Gyeongsang Provincial Superintendent of Education Im Jong-sik said the center would be "a space that expands professional training opportunities in school meals and dietary education, and supports students and parents in building healthy eating habits and spreading a sound food culture."


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