Seongdong-gu Supports Multicultural Children’s Korean Learning with Online Study Program ‘Geulbang’

Expansion of Low-Income and Multicultural Family Children, Support for Hangul Learning Content and Tablet PCs... 96% of Children Used Last Year Found Hangul Learning Helpful, 94% Intend to Continue, Showing High Satisfaction

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Seongdong-gu (Mayor Jeong Won-oh) will expand the number of participants in this year's online learning program "Geulbang" to 72.

Launched in July last year, "Geulbang" is a tablet PC-based online learning program targeting multicultural families and Dream Start case-managed children who need Korean language learning due to relatively less exposure compared to general children.

The program is designed so that children can study independently without parental help, providing a basic Korean learning program based on games that includes Korean writing, reading, and pronunciation training to help children enjoyably learn Hangul.

Additionally, support is provided for tablet PCs and LTE usage fees, improving the learning abilities of children before and after school enrollment and alleviating the burden of private education expenses, which resulted in high satisfaction among participants last year.

Among the 52 users last year, 96% (50 people) responded that it helped with Korean learning, and 94% (49 children) expressed their intention to continue using the program.

Accordingly, the district plans to expand the target to 72 children aged 6 to 10 who need Korean learning, including the previous 52, and to add math content and expand the supported subjects.

In particular, the district will actively operate the program as the project lead in collaboration with Enuma Korea, a local educational content development venture company.

Jeong Won-oh, Mayor of Seongdong-gu, said, "We hope to close the educational gap by providing timely educational opportunities to low-income and multicultural children who are at high risk of being left behind in education, and we will continue to support children so that they can enjoy learning and grow into healthy members of society."

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