Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education to Operate 5·18 Democratization Movement Education Committee

Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education plans to operate the '5·18 Democratic Movement Education Committee.' (Photo by Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education announced on the 7th that it will operate the ‘5·18 Democratization Movement Education Committee’ to strengthen democratic citizenship education, a key task of the 3rd term of the civilian government’s ‘Innovative Jeonnam Education Where Everyone is Precious.’

Since the enactment of the ‘Jeollanam-do Office of Education 5·18 Democratization Movement Education Activation Ordinance’ in September 2017, the Office of Education has formed the 5·18 Democratization Movement Education Committee every year to establish a basic plan for 5·18 Democratization Movement education and promote democracy education within the school curriculum.

The Education Committee is composed of seven members to advise the Superintendent of Education on 5·18 Democratization Movement education.

According to the ordinance, Song Young-seok, Director of Education Bureau at Jeonnam Office of Education; Eum Yoon-seop, Head of Autonomous Administration Division at Jeonnam Provincial Government; Choi Seon-guk, Member of Jeonnam Provincial Council; Lee Ki-bong, Secretary General of the 5·18 Memorial Foundation; Kim Sang-yoon, Principal of Sinan Marine Science High School; Jeong Gyeong-ho, Teacher at Suncheon Bokseong High School; and Lee Byung-sam, Director of Democratic Citizenship Life Education Division at the Office of Education were appointed as members upon recommendation from each institution and organization.

The Education Committee distributed supplementary learning materials (textbooks for 3rd-4th graders and 5th-6th graders) and activity sheets to promote 5·18 Democratization Movement education, encouraging their use during curriculum and creative experiential activity hours.

It also reviewed the operation of the 5·18 Memorial Week, 5·18 historic site exploration programs, May book reading contests, traveling May plays, and youth art contests, and proposed support for teacher capacity building and active utilization of curriculum-linked programs.

Considering that this year marks the 40th anniversary of the 5·18 Democratization Movement and that online classes are being conducted due to COVID-19 with phased school reopening, the Office of Education encourages autonomous operation that can achieve educational effects without significantly disrupting the curriculum.

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