"Pat Pat, You Did Well!" ... Sangju Youth Counseling and Welfare Center Steps Up to Care for Youth After the College Entrance Exam

Preventing Deviant Behavior: Reaching Out to At-Risk Youth in Crisis

Sangju Youth Counseling and Welfare Center, 1388 Youth Support Group, and youth social volunteers conducted delinquency prevention activities on the 18th targeting students who took the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT).

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] On the 18th, the Sangju Youth Counseling Welfare Center in Gyeongbuk conducted delinquency prevention activities targeting youths who took the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT).

The Sangju Youth Counseling Welfare Center is an organization that provides free 24/7 telephone counseling 365 days a year to youths, parents, and leaders who need help due to psychological or emotional difficulties.

The activities, which began at 5:30 PM at Wangsang Historical Park Plaza in Sangju after the CSAT was completed, were carried out through a coalition of the Sangju Youth Safety Net 1388 Youth Support Group and affiliated organizations of the Executive Committee.

Students preparing for exams continuously visited the booth promoting the food drive-thru and the youth counseling hotline 1388.

Sangju Youth Social Volunteers also participated, providing a warm food drive-thru for test-takers, promoting the youth counseling hotline 1388, and guiding safe returns home.

They focused on preventing delinquent behavior among youths freed from exam tension and on early detection of youths at risk.

To prevent deviant behavior among examinees and to identify at-risk youth early, the Sangju Police Station also lent its support.

Center Director Oh Gui-young said, “We express gratitude and support to the school officials who ensured a safe exam, the parents who supported the students, and the students who worked hard,” adding, “We hope the efforts made so far will yield good results.”

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