Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education Announces '2022 Academic Year Special Education Operation Plan'

Establishing an Inclusive Education Support System to Strengthen Educational Recovery for Students with Disabilities

Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education announced on the 11th that it held an online briefing session titled ‘Jeonnam Special Education 2022’ for 57 participants including special education supervisors from education support offices, dedicated personnel from special education support centers, vice principals of special schools, and staff in charge.

‘Jeonnam Special Education 2022’ aims to strengthen inclusive education by establishing a support system for integrated education of students with special needs, and to form and operate a behavior intervention support team through cooperation among various community institutions such as the education office, special schools, special education institutions, and hospitals.

Additionally, the plan is to cultivate behavior intervention experts among special education teachers to enhance the capacity to reduce and prevent maladaptive behaviors of students with special needs in school settings.

Along with this, to strengthen support for education of young children with disabilities, integrated education base kindergartens will be designated and operated to establish a foundation for integrated kindergartens, and part-time contract teachers will be supported for after-school programs to improve early intervention and educational conditions for young children with special needs.

In particular, to ensure fair educational rights for students with special needs in general schools, 13 part-time contract teachers will be assigned to support substitute classes in special classes, focusing on solidifying individualized education.

Moreover, six additional special itinerant teachers will be added to the special education support centers, making a total of 70 special education teachers to enhance the quality of itinerant education for students with special needs.

Detailed tasks include ▲support for organizing and operating special education curricula ▲strengthening support for inclusive education ▲enhancing career and vocational education support ▲spreading a culture of disability empathy and strengthening support systems ▲and solidifying the operation of special education support centers.

Park Kyung-hee, Director of Secondary Education, stated, “The 2022 academic year will focus on restoring daily life and education for students with special needs, implementing key special education policies tailored to regional conditions,” and added, “We hope for warmer interest and consideration to support the fruitful growth of students with special needs.”

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