Seoul Education Office Delivers Quarantine Supplies and Learning Materials to Vulnerable Students' Homes

Emergency Educational Welfare Support... Placement of Health Teachers and Nurses in Kindergartens for 4 Weeks After School Opens

[Asia Economy Reporter Jo In-kyung] The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education will directly visit students who are expected to fall into the 'welfare blind spots' due to the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) and the delay of school openings, to provide quarantine supplies and other support.

The Seoul Office of Education announced that a support team composed of 24 regional education welfare centers in Seoul, 11 education support offices under the education office, and health personnel will directly visit about 1,200 vulnerable students by the 20th to check the health of students and their parents and deliver quarantine supplies such as masks and hand sanitizers.

This includes hygiene products prepared not only with the education office's budget but also with donations such as 5 million won from the Seoul Office of Education's civil service office, which received government awards, and contributions collected from education office and affiliated institution employees. Books to read at home during the period when students cannot attend school, board games that can help with concentration and cognitive development, and teaching materials and tools for home study will also be provided.

Jo Hee-yeon, Superintendent of Seoul Education, plans to start from the Northern Education Support Office on the 10th and focus on meeting students directly for a week to devise practical educational welfare support measures that are realistically needed.

In addition, the education office will hire 100 people qualified as health teachers or nurses to visit 791 kindergartens for four weeks after school opens to monitor the health of children and staff and provide counseling for confirmed COVID-19 cases.

Also, considering that the role of health teachers has become more important due to COVID-19, 54 retired health teachers will be assigned to 54 schools where newly appointed health teachers are placed to support the new health teachers for four weeks after school opens.

Furthermore, focusing on 293 education welfare priority support base schools designated and operated by the Seoul Office of Education, customized support for students, health checks, hygiene safety education, and home study will be intensively provided in areas densely populated with educationally vulnerable students through education welfare offices and community education expert monitoring.

Superintendent Jo said, "In this unexpected infectious disease disaster situation, we will first look after the risks of the most vulnerable and marginalized students and support the healthy growth of educationally vulnerable students without gaps through field-tailored and close-knit educational welfare services."

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