Gwanak-gu Mayor Park Jun-hee Observes Online Classes at Gwangshin High School and Guam Middle School... Listening to On-site Voices

On the morning of the 27th, a meeting with teachers was held to listen to field difficulties and cooperation matters.

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] On the 27th, Park Jun-hee, the mayor of Gwanak-gu, visited Gwangshin High School located in Samseong-dong and Guam Middle School located in Seonghyeon-dong, which had started online classes due to COVID-19, to observe online lessons and hold on-site meetings with teachers.

Mayor Park carefully checked the difficulties and cooperation matters in remote education such as interactive lectures, content utilization, video lecture recording and editing, and encouraged the teachers working hard on site.

Lee Sang-il, a teacher at Gwangshin High School, demonstrated how students attend classes and how attendance is checked using the ‘EBS Online Class’ platform in front of the smart board supported by Gwanak-gu in 2019, and explained that they operate a question room to resolve students’ inquiries.

Jo Byung-kwan, principal of Gwangshin High School, said, “Although there were many trial and error in the beginning due to the sudden implementation of online school opening, thanks to the teachers’ research and efforts, classes are now proceeding smoothly,” and added, “To address students’ boredom from long video lectures, teachers have created break corners to increase students’ concentration on lessons.”

At Guam Middle School, a TF team was formed in preparation for online classes. They explained that since the ‘E-Hakseupter’ and ‘EBS Online Class’ platforms used by most schools were expected to experience malfunctions due to high initial access volume, they are conducting online classes using a portal site cafe with large storage capacity and high security.

Ryu Ji-heon, principal of Guam Middle School, said, “We are experiencing a process where teachers and students grow together through online classes,” and added, “Fortunately, online school opening is proceeding well thanks to teachers’ efforts and parents’ participation. We ask for continuous interest and cooperation from Gwanak-gu as well.”

Gwanak-gu, following the Ministry of Education’s guidelines to sequentially open online classes starting from 3rd-year middle and high school students, has supported 2,279 low-income students in the area with smart devices in cooperation with Seoul City and the Office of Education to ensure no students are left out of online classes.

Mayor Park Jun-hee said, “I thank the principals and many teachers who are making efforts so that students can attend classes despite the unexpected difficult situation,” and added, “The district will also spare no cooperation and support to ensure smooth progress of online classes.”

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