Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education Announces 'Comprehensive Plan for Education Recovery'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Cho Hyung-joo] The Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education announced on the 31st that it will establish and operate the ‘Comprehensive Plan for Education Recovery’ to realize better education in Gwangju.

The ‘Comprehensive Plan for Education Recovery’ sets 32 detailed tasks under 9 major tasks across 3 areas (recovery of educational deficits, customized support, improvement of educational conditions), including recovery of learning deficits, physical and mental recovery, customized support for vulnerable groups, and innovation toward future education, which will be intensively promoted until February 2023.

To achieve ‘recovery of educational deficits,’ diagnostic activities on learning, emotional and psychological status, and health will be conducted, and customized support reflecting each student’s level and aspirations will be provided.

At schools, basic academic responsibility guidance and special learning supplementation programs will be implemented, and operations will be strengthened through the Dodream Team, educational welfare system, and psychological and emotional treatment support. The Learning Comprehensive Clinic Center, Wee Center, and Student Mind Care Center established at the Office of Education and Education Support Office will also expand their budgets to provide focused support to schools and students.

Customized support for young children, vocational high school students, and vulnerable students will also be strengthened to provide more detailed assistance to students who need greater help.

Counseling will be conducted for young children, parents, and kindergarten teachers, and competency enhancement projects will be promoted for high school graduates seeking employment, such as supporting costs required for vocational high school students to obtain certifications.

Customized and phased programs will be expanded for multicultural, North Korean defector, and disabled students who may be more vulnerable to the COVID-19 crisis, and integrated support for families of disabled students will be provided.

Efforts to improve educational conditions, such as resolving overcrowded classes and providing psychological support for teachers, will also be carried out simultaneously. The educational environment will be improved to maintain the number of students per class within 28, and appropriate teacher recruitment and staffing will be implemented.

In addition, programs for psychological and emotional healing for teachers will be operated, and systems to promote work efficiency will be established.

An innovative foundation for leaping into future education based on remote education experience will also be established.

The Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education currently operates 20 Future Connection Leading Schools, 14 Leading Schools using online content textbooks, and 16 AI (Artificial Intelligence) Education Leading Schools for future education, and plans to add 50 more schools in 2022.

To ensure stable promotion of the comprehensive education recovery plan, the Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education formed the Education Recovery Promotion Team led by Deputy Superintendent Kim Hwan-sik and established the Education Recovery Working Council to intensively manage detailed projects.

By 2022, a total of 270.8 billion KRW will be intensively supported, including 48.7 billion KRW for learning deficit recovery, 18.9 billion KRW for customized support, and 203.2 billion KRW for improvement of educational conditions.

Superintendent Jang Hwi-guk said, “Social concerns about educational deficits due to the prolonged COVID-19 situation are very high,” and added, “The Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education is expected to overcome the current difficulties and cultivate better education in Gwangju based on its experience in realizing universal educational welfare and the crisis overcoming capabilities of the educational community. We ask for the active cooperation and interest of the educational community.”

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