Seocho-gu Holds 'Real-time Bangguseok We路 Concert' for First-Year Middle School Students

The Nation's First Local Government Career Talk Concert for Free Semester System, On-Tact Live via YouTube Streaming... Also Popular Programs Like Professional Lectures, Seocho Leadership Conference, and 1:1 Customized Consulting Go Non-Face-to-Face

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Seocho-gu (Mayor Eunhee Jo) is officially launching the online "Real-time Bangguseok We-ro Concert" for first-year middle school students participating in the Free Semester System.

The newly initiated "Real-time Bangguseok We-ro Concert" is the first career and vocational education program in the nation tailored for the Free Semester System. Amid conditions where normal face-to-face education is impossible due to COVID-19, this program provides career exploration opportunities to Free Semester System students through live online broadcasts.

The "Free Semester System" is a one-year program for first-year middle school students, conducted according to current Ministry of Education guidelines, focusing on self-directed education through various field experiences and discussion-centered learning rather than traditional subject-centered rote education.

However, this year, due to COVID-19 causing school opening delays and remote classes, on-site visits to vocational experience locations are not possible, making the development of online career and vocational content essential. Seocho-gu is leading career and vocational education with diverse programs in response.

On the 22nd, the Yangjaenaegok Education Support Center operated a pre-season program for 200 first-year students of Dongduk Girls' Middle School, along with middle school teachers from the Seocho area and officials from the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training. The program will later expand to 16 middle schools.

This real-time Bangguseok We-ro Concert invites active professionals as mentors and is conducted via YouTube streaming, featuring ▲ introduction of the mentor’s occupation and detailed field ▲ mentor’s growth process and career choice journey ▲ reception and response to participant questions through real-time comments ▲ performances demonstrating job characteristics (vocational practice and demonstrations). After the concert, videos will be posted on the Seocho-gu Education Support Center’s YouTube channel.

In addition, Seocho-gu operates various non-face-to-face educational programs such as online professional lectures using video conferencing, the Seocho Children and Youth Leadership Conference?a creative convergence program by the Seocho Education Support Center?and non-face-to-face one-on-one occasional consulting by the Bangbae Education Support Center.

For detailed inquiries, please contact the Education and Sports Division.

Seocho-gu Mayor Eunhee Jo stated, “We will responsibly ensure that youth career and vocational education is not diminished or halted due to COVID-19,” adding, “We will do our best to prevent any educational gaps for Seocho students by using this crisis as a stepping stone to advance Seocho-style educational welfare.”

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