Support for Smart Devices to Ensure No Blind Spots During Online School Opening
Dongdaemun-gu Provides Smart Pads Needed for Online Learning to a Total of 2,083 Elementary, Middle, and High School Students from Low-Income Families
[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Due to the prolonged COVID-19 situation, elementary, middle, and high schools have started online classes and are conducting lessons using smart devices.
Meanwhile, students from low-income families who do not have devices are facing difficulties in attending classes.
Dongdaemun-gu (Mayor Yoo Deok-yeol) has provided smart devices (smart pads) to children in the blind spots of online classes.
The recipients of this smart device support include 775 elementary school students, 568 middle school students, and 740 high school students, totaling 2,083 students from households receiving basic national livelihood security benefits, low-income single-parent families, and near-poverty class families.
This support was decided through joint cooperation among the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, Seoul City, and 25 autonomous districts to ensure students do not face inconveniences in online classes. Dongdaemun-gu contributed 292 million KRW in educational expense subsidies, with Seoul City and the Office of Education each adding 583 million KRW, totaling 1.458 billion KRW to purchase smart pads and provide them to the target students.
Yoo Deok-yeol, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu, stated, “We provided this smart device support to ensure that no student is left behind in online classes and to offer everyone the right to education equally. We will do our best to protect students' health and safety from COVID-19 and maintain a smooth educational environment.”
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On the 9th and 10th, the district also distributed 34,740 cotton masks and 347,400 safety filters (worth approximately 120 million KRW) free of charge to 28 kindergartens and 49 elementary, middle, and high schools to prevent COVID-19 infections and prepare for students' safety after returning to school.
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