Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education Conducts Visiting Unification and Peace Education Training

Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education announced on the 1st that it will support peace and unification classes and conduct peace education training for teachers in commemoration of June as the Month of National Defense and Veterans and the 21st anniversary of the June 15th North-South Joint Declaration.

The "Peace and Unification Classes" are organized by the Jeonnam Headquarters of the South Korean Committee for the Implementation of the June 15th North-South Joint Declaration and will be conducted from this month through November for 109 fifth and sixth grade elementary school classes and 92 middle school classes.

Instructors from each region visit schools to deliver lectures, quizzes, and video lessons on topics such as the history of division and understanding North Korea, tailored by class or grade. Through these classes, students indirectly experience recent developments in North Korea and efforts toward inter-Korean summits, thereby broadening their consensus on unification.

The Office of Education plans to exhibit 35 photos related to the meetings of the North and South Korean leaders and North Korea at the Gallery Eum on the first floor of the main office from the 7th to the 18th, commemorating the 21st anniversary of the June 15th Inter-Korean Summit and wishing for continuous inter-Korean exchange and cooperation.

The "Basic Peace Education Training" will be held from the 18th to the 19th at Gurye Nature Dream Park for 30 elementary, middle, and high school teachers.

During this training, teachers will learn the fundamentals and practical approaches to peace education from Jeong Joo-jin, director of the Peace Conflict Research Institute, and Lee Dae-hoon, professor at Sungkonghoe University, and explore methods of peace education.

They will also share cases regarding peace education methods and peace networks from the Nansen Academy, which operates peace programs in international conflict zones, together with Kim Yong-bok, distinguished professor at Hanshin University, and Kim Kyung-shin, education supervisor at Mokpo Office of Education.

Participants will have the opportunity to visit the Jirisan area, where many people sacrificed due to conflicts and ideological confrontations between North and South Korea, to wish for and experience peace beyond conflict.

Superintendent Jang Seok-woong said, “We must not forget that the peace we enjoy is thanks to those who sacrificed for the country,” and added, “Overcoming division and discrimination is about mutual respect and solidarity. Let us, as an educational community, work together so that students can grow into democratic citizens of a peaceful and just nation.”

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