Guro-gu Resumes Online Digital Literacy Education for Residents

Suspended in Early February Due to COVID-19... Real-Time Classes Using YouTube Until Stabilization... Offering 24 Courses Including Basic Computer Skills and Internet Usage... Accessible to All Residents

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Guro-gu (Mayor Lee Seong) will resume residents' informatization education, which was suspended in early February due to COVID-19, through non-face-to-face online classes starting from the 4th.

Guro-gu announced on the 4th that due to continuous demands from residents to resume informatization education, it has decided to conduct the education online until the COVID-19 situation stabilizes.

The online informatization education will be conducted by live streaming lectures from six existing informatization education centers (Guro-gu Office, Guro 2 and 4-dong, Gocheok 1-dong, Guro Cultural Center 1 and 2) using YouTube.

The education program offers a total of 24 courses, including basic computer skills, internet usage, smartphone usage, YouTube usage, and PowerPoint 2010. Real-time questions will also be accepted to address learners' inquiries.

Residents who wish to participate can watch by moving to the YouTube account of each education center according to the class schedule through the district office website without any separate application process. Tuition is free until offline lectures resume.

Guro-gu plans to resume offline classes from June once the COVID-19 situation stabilizes. However, it is inevitable to reduce the number of students in accordance with social distancing, and courses will be reorganized. If COVID-19 resurges, offline classes will be postponed.

A Guro-gu official said, “On-site education would be the most effective, but it is cautious to immediately resume offline classes, so we are restarting education online first,” and added, “We will carefully prepare offline classes according to the COVID-19 situation.”

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