Busan City and Education Office Joint Declaration to Overcome COVID-19

On the 9th, the 2020 First Half Education Administration Council ... Agreement to Establish a Joint Response System

Busan City and the City Office of Education announced a joint declaration on the 9th to overcome the COVID-19 crisis.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education and Busan City made a ‘Joint Declaration to Overcome the COVID-19 Crisis’ on the 9th.

This declaration expressed their commitment to alleviate the anxiety of parents and students caused by full in-person classes and to create a safe educational environment for students.

On the same day at 2 p.m., the two organizations held the ‘2020 First Half Education Administration Council’ in the strategic meeting room on the 4th floor of the annex building of the Metropolitan Office of Education. The meeting was attended by Park Seung-hwan, Chairman of the Planning and Administration Committee of the Busan City Council, Kim Kwang-mo, Chairman of the Education Committee, and others, where they adopted this declaration.

Through the joint declaration, the two sides agreed, first, to actively work on establishing a joint response system to COVID-19. Specifically, they will create a manual for systematic response to COVID-19 and form and operate a permanent consultative body.

They also agreed to establish a hotline between schools and public health centers for rapid response in case of infectious disease patients or other situations, and to promptly share COVID-19 related information about students and staff.

Second, they committed to actively work on building a newly changing educational cooperation system through joint responses such as discovering post-COVID-19 projects.

The two organizations also discussed mutual cooperation plans on major agenda items.

The Metropolitan Office of Education requested Busan City’s cooperation for educational collaboration to improve playground environments and collaboration to secure safety on school zone commuting routes.

The city requested the Office of Education’s cooperation for the establishment of the National Environmental Experience Education Center and the Shinjoongnyeon Saengsaeng (生生) Comprehensive Town.

The Education Administration Council is a meeting held twice a year by the Metropolitan Office of Education and Busan City to efficiently resolve educational disparities, support educational projects, and address local issues in Busan education.

Kim Seok-jun, Superintendent of the Metropolitan Office of Education, said, “It is meaningful to hold consultations on COVID-19 at the time when all schools have started in-person classes,” and added, “Let us work together to make Busan a ‘child-rearing friendly city’ by striving to be the first to end COVID-19 in Busan.”

Byun Sung-wan, Acting Mayor of Busan, responded, “Today’s joint declaration means overcoming COVID-19 through boundaryless cooperation,” and said, “Let us work together to ensure that no further COVID-19 cases occur.”

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