Practicing 'Gyohak Sangjang'... Daekyo Cultural Foundation Hosts the 29th Noonopi Education Awards Ceremony

Teachers Song Jaehwan, Lee Jongmun, Moon Wonja, Jeong Minho, Kim Gyeongok, and Oh Jeongseonmi Receive Awards

Kang Young-jung, Chairman of Daekyo Group (third from the front on the right), and Moon Yong-rin, Chairman of Daekyo Cultural Foundation (second from the front on the right), are talking with the recipients of the 29th Noonopi Education Award. Photo by Daekyo

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heeyoon] Daekyo Cultural Foundation announced on the 26th that it held the ‘29th Noonopi Education Awards’ ceremony.

Based on the management philosophy of Gyohak-sangjang (敎學相長), Daekyo Cultural Foundation has been awarding the Noonopi Education Awards to discover true teachers who grow together by teaching and learning in the field of education. This year, to ensure a safe ceremony, the event was conducted with a minimum number of attendees including awardees and related personnel, adhering to essential quarantine rules such as social distancing and wearing masks.

The awards were presented in six categories: elementary, secondary, early childhood, special, lifelong, and global education. One teacher from each category, totaling six teachers, received the Noonopi Education Awards.

In the secondary education category, teacher Lee Jongmun was highly praised for his efforts in nurturing talents in the field of scientific creativity through the Jeju Environment Research Group and for contributing to students’ character education by promoting volunteer activities in Sorokdo for 16 years.

In the early childhood education category, principal Moon Wonja took the lead in improving the treatment of teachers working in public and private kindergartens and developed and distributed the ‘Family Love Family Day’ program, implementing a character education program for young children linked with families.

In the special education category, awardee principal Jeong Minho contributed to vocational education for students with disabilities by developing and promoting the ‘Special School School Enterprise’ and ‘Integrated Vocational Education Hub School for Students with Disabilities’ systems. Additionally, as the inaugural principal of Sejong Nuri School, he strengthened teachers’ professionalism through the ‘Pro-teacher Program’ and established an organizational culture of research and discussion.

In the lifelong education category, teacher Kim Kyungok established Ansan Yongshin School to provide literacy education for working youth in the Ansan industrial complex, illiterate adults, and foreigners, improving learners’ quality of life through literacy education and cultural arts club activities.

In the global education category, awardee professor Oh Jeongseonmi was highly recognized for developing a standardized curriculum and operating a Korean language teacher certification system to have Korean recognized as a second foreign language in the United States.

Each of the six awardees received a prize of 15 million won and a plaque. Additionally, educational equipment worth approximately 5 million won was separately donated to the schools and institutions to which the awardees belong.

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