Damyang Office of Education Gathers in One Place for 'Village Education Community' Children

The Village Becomes a Learning Space and Children Become the Owners of the Village

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] Damyang Office of Education Support announced on the 6th that on the 27th of last month and the 3rd, the educational communities of Geumseong-myeon and Changpyeong-myeon gathered to hold a Sodamhoe (informal meeting).

This Sodamhoe was held in response to the regional demand for revitalizing village educational communities, bringing together local residents, parents, local government representatives, village school officials, and faculty members in one place.

Through this, they discussed educational issues concerning the region and had a time to discuss the roles of each party in revitalizing the village educational community to raise our children together.

At the regional Sodamhoe, there was a session to inform local residents about cases of school-village linked curriculum operation and village school management.

Afterwards, in the rapidly changing social environment such as the current 4th Industrial Revolution, the COVID-19 crisis, and regional population decline, they shared and empathized on the necessity of village educational communities by exploring ways for schools and villages to cooperate and develop to overcome students' educational difficulties.

In particular, the local government heads showed an active stance by directly listening to and responding to village educational issues and pledging to reflect them in administration, which allowed attending parents, local residents, and faculty members to empathize, resolve their questions, and gain the will to participate.

Jang Junho, the representative of Sonagi Village School in Geumseong-myeon who attended the Sodamhoe, said, “It was a meaningful time where a consensus that these are not just my children but our children was formed, and moving forward, let’s create a local education council to unite the power of local education and cooperate to nurture the dreams of children.”

Superintendent Lee Sook said, “By utilizing various educational resources such as Damyang’s culture and history, we will actively support building an educational ecosystem where schools and villages cooperate for our children to grow as members of the local community, and we will continue to operate regional Sodamhoe and Jeongdamhoe (formal meetings).”

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