Gwangju Seobu Office of Education Makes Every Effort to Support Students Amid 'Semester Postponement'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education Western District Office (Superintendent Lee Young-joo) is supporting students in various ways to ensure they do not lose interest in learning due to the delayed school opening caused by COVID-19.

According to the Gwangju Western District Office of Education on the 3rd, recently, supervisors visited schools to provide practical, field-tailored support and discussed how students' learning and life education are being managed.

The visits aimed to actively communicate about difficulties faced and support measures needed at the education office level to prepare support plans.

One supervisor who visited the field said, “As the closure prolongs, teachers are concerned about ‘support measures for students with information gaps’ and ‘ways to overcome limitations of online classes.’ Through continuous discussions with teachers of the same grade, they are sharing various ideas and working to resolve these issues.”

Jang Eun-seon, a teacher at Gwangju Geungnak Elementary School, said, “Whenever the closure is extended, we make detailed plans and inform students and parents, maintaining steady communication by phone to ensure no student is left out. We produced videos of various activities planned at the beginning of the semester to guide students and received feedback through Google surveys, striving for interactive communication in many ways. Recently, we installed Zoom (video conferencing system) to communicate with students via video calls, and I am glad to at least see the students' faces this way.”

Park Jae-chan, a teacher at Seongdeok Elementary School, said, “At this point where remote classes are necessary, I am conducting writing classes that foster imagination by presenting creative questions to students, having them discuss with their families, and then write about it. Currently, I share writing questions under the nickname ‘Dalli Saem’ on various online platforms, and I will continue to share diverse types of creative writing questions to help students who are exhausted by the prolonged closure maintain their interest in learning.”

Lee Young-joo, Superintendent of the Western District Office of Education, emphasized, “With the additional delay in school opening, the education office and schools are working hard to prepare customized support measures to ensure there are no gaps in students’ learning and life education.”

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