Gyeongnam Office of Education Strengthens Student Gambling Prevention Activities

Development and Distribution of Middle School Gambling Prevention Education Materials

Poster for Student Gambling Prevention. (Photo by Gyeongnam Office of Education)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Sharon] The Gyeongnam Provincial Office of Education has decided to proactively respond by strengthening preventive activities against student gambling issues.

Starting with the regular meeting of the Gambling Prevention Committee on the 29th, the office will open a remote training session on June 1st to prevent student gambling problems. In addition, following the production and distribution of elementary school gambling prevention educational materials last year, this year they will produce and distribute secondary school gambling prevention educational materials.

As adolescents easily access gambling games or illegal sports betting through the internet and smartphones, student gambling has become a serious social problem.

To raise social awareness of the risks and seriousness of student gambling and to provide more systematic and professional preventive education, the office promulgated the "Ordinance on Student Gambling Prevention Education of the Gyeongsangnam-do Office of Education," the first of its kind nationwide, on July 13, 2017, and after partial amendments on October 31, 2019, has been striving to proactively address student gambling issues.

The Student Gambling Prevention Committee, held according to the ordinance on student gambling prevention education, discusses policies on student gambling prevention every first half of the year to determine the direction of gambling prevention education in Gyeongnam, aiming to protect students from the risks of gambling addiction.

On June 1st, in response to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, the office will open a remote training session to replace in-person training for school staff responsible for student gambling prevention, aiming to enhance their professional capabilities.

The secondary school gambling prevention educational materials are scheduled to be distributed to schools and education support offices around mid-June. This material will be actively promoted to secondary school teachers to raise awareness of the dangers of gambling and to widely utilize it in student gambling prevention education.

Park Jong-hoon, Superintendent of Education of Gyeongnam, stated, "We will continue to distribute customized remote training and case-centered teaching and learning guides tailored to school sites as part of gambling prevention education to help students realize the seriousness of gambling and protect them from its harms."

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