Gyeongbuk Provincial Office of Education Assigns 29 New Native English Assistant Teachers

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] The Gyeongbuk Provincial Office of Education held a briefing session for new native English assistant teachers for the second half of the 2020 academic year on the 26th at Ungbi Hall and assigned 29 new native English assistant teachers to schools at various levels.

The recruitment of new native English assistant teachers for the second half of the 2020 academic year under EPIK (English Program in Korea) was suspended due to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), but was successfully conducted with native teachers who actively wished to work in Korea bearing the cost of 14 days of self-quarantine themselves.

After self-quarantine, the native teachers completed a 7-night, 8-day pre-training conducted by the National Institute for International Education under the Ministry of Education and were assigned to provincial and metropolitan offices of education nationwide. Native teachers support students' English proficiency improvement in various fields such as weekend and vacation camps, student clubs, telephone English, and remote video classes.

Kim Hyun-dong, Director of Educational Welfare at the Provincial Office of Education, stated, "The EPIK native English assistant teacher program, which began in 1995 by invitation of the Ministry of Education, plays a significant role in motivating students to learn English in Gyeongbuk, where there are many rural and fishing villages."

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