Gyeongbuk Provincial Office of Education Sweeps 'National Student Life Respect Contest' ... "Result of Strengthening Life Education"

3 out of 5 Student Teams and 1 out of 2 Advisors Receive the Minister of Education Award

Grand Prize in the Student Life Respect Contest Video Category, Minari Scene from Ok-gye Elementary School, Gumi.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] The Gyeongbuk Provincial Office of Education (Superintendent Lim Jong-sik) announced on the 14th that three student teams and one supervising teacher won the Minister of Education Award, the grand prize, at the Ministry of Education-hosted '2020 Student Life Respect Contest.'

This contest was held from September 7 to October 16 last year in three categories: video, webtoon, and infographic, to convey the preciousness of life and messages of hope to students.

Among a total of 36 teams selected across the three student categories, 19 teams (52.7% of all awardees) from the Gyeongbuk Office of Education area won awards, including 3 grand prize teams, 9 excellence awards, and 7 merit awards. Among 14 selected supervising teachers, 6 (42.8%) received awards: 1 grand prize, 2 excellence awards, and 3 merit awards.

In particular, among the grand prize winners, which included 5 student teams and 2 supervising teachers, 3 student teams and 1 supervising teacher from the Gyeongbuk Office of Education area were awarded.

The three grand prize teams came from the video, webtoon, and infographic categories.

In the video category, fifth graders Gu Na-won, Bae Jun-woo, Lee Ga-eon, Kim Se-min, and sixth graders Kim Da-in, Kang Geon-mo, Kim Do-young, Seo Jun-seo, and Hwang Ji-hyo from Okgyedongbu Elementary School in Gumi (Principal Yang Chun-hee), guided by teacher Kim Do-heon, created a work titled "Minari" (A Voice from the Future). The piece expressed through rap how the "voice of myself" from the future delivering words of praise became a source of courage.

In the webtoon category, Kim Ah-ran, a second-year student at Sinsang Middle School in Gyeongsan (Principal Song Young-joo), depicted "Sweet Dreams," expressing how after taking a sleep aid due to extreme hardship and falling asleep, memories of happily playing with friends at the beach during the last vacation strengthened her will to live.

In the infographic category, Cho Hyun-bin, a second-year student at Yeongyang Girls' High School (Principal Kim Ok-soon), visualized three actions to avoid and three actions to take for friends contemplating suicide.

Additionally, the nine excellence award teams included: ▲Video category - Cheongdo Namseonghyeon Elementary School fifth graders Kim Jeong-eum, Noh Min-hye, Park Ji-yu, Choi Yeon-ah (supervising teacher Kim Go-woon), and Uiseong Elementary School fifth grader Jo Eun-jin (supervising teacher Choi Won-hyeok); ▲Webtoon category - Kimcheon Sinil Elementary School sixth grader Lee Woo-joo, Cheongsong Andeok Elementary School fourth grader Jung Eun-hye, Gyeongsan Sinsang Middle School second grader Jin Hye-won, Kimcheon Hanil Girls' Middle School second grader Shin Eun-woo, Yeongyang Girls' High School second grader Park Soo-hyun; ▲Infographic category - Gumi Jeongsu Elementary School sixth grader Gu Gang-min, Andong Gilwon Girls' High School second grader Kwon Yoon-ji.

The seven merit award teams included: ▲Video category - Gumi Jinpyeong Elementary School sixth graders Jeong Da-gyeong, Woo Seok-bin, Jo Ah-yeon, Nam Eun-jung, Kim Yeon-ju, Lee Soo-bin (supervising teacher Jeong Hyun-jin), Cheongsong Andeok Elementary School sixth graders Jo Ye-ryeong, Jo Eun-seo, Jo Je-min, Choi Ji-won, Ham Young-oh, Ham Cheong-young, Kim Heon-su, Kim Yeo-eun (supervising teacher Lee Jun-yeop), Yeongju Girls' High School first graders Kwon Ji-young, Jeong Hye-min, Seon Hye-rim, Jeon Ji-soo, Lee Se-min (supervising teacher Jeon Gyeong-ae); ▲Webtoon category - Gumi Jinpyeong Elementary School fifth grader Kim Han-bi, Cheongsong Andeok Elementary School fourth grader Lee Seo-jin, Yecheon Homyeong Elementary School sixth grader Kang Ji-yu, Gyeongju Seondeok Girls' High School students Oh Na-kyung and Jeong Ga-eun.

Superintendent Lim Jong-sik emphasized, "The honor of winning the most awards is the result of solidifying life respect education so far," and added, "We will continue to operate various activities to spread the culture of life respect, such as 'Friend, I Love You' campaigns, Life Love Education Week, and life respect musical performances."

Grand Prize in the Infographic Category of the Life Respect Contest
Nutritional High School, Grade 2, Jo Hyunbin - Visualizing 3 Actions Not to Do and 3 Actions to Do for Friends.

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