Seoul Retired Teachers Support Learning for Vulnerable Students in Self-Quarantine Alone

For Students in Single-Parent or Grandparent-Headed Families Isolated Alone Due to Caregiver COVID-19 Diagnosis
Retired Teachers Check Health, Psychological State, and Learning Issues to Take Action

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education is deploying retired educators to support students who are self-isolating alone.

On the 26th, the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education's Education Life Second Act Support Center announced that it has been operating the 'PoongSaem' educational support program since the 21st, targeting 35 retired educators and students from vulnerable households within the district.

The PoongSaem project provides various customized educational services along with phone monitoring to students who are self-isolating alone, separated from guardians who tested positive for COVID-19 in single-parent or grandparent-headed families. The program will continue until the COVID-19 crisis ends and school life returns to normal.

The center's operational support team (15 members), including the center director, monitors self-isolating students morning and evening, checks and addresses their health, psychological state, and learning issues, and then records monitoring logs. The Entry Coding Education Support Team (10 members) and the College Admission Consulting Education Support Team (4 members) conduct interactive sessions using non-face-to-face video programs for entry coding education and college (career) counseling.

The Science Exhibition Hall Biology Learning Materials Support Team (6 members) plans to provide students with biological material kits such as cabbage white butterflies, snails, grasshoppers, and bean sprout growing kits to offer educational programs aimed at enhancing ecological sensitivity.

The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education's Education Life Second Act Support Center was established in April 2016 to promote social contribution activities of retired educators, and as of July, it is engaged in various educational support activities based on a pool of over 2,000 retired educators.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.