Safe for Children, Safe for Parents... Busan Office of Education Invests 101.6 Billion Won to Create Safe Schools

Strengthening Safety Accident Prevention, Enhancing Safety Education Capabilities in Four Key Areas

School Violence Prevention Education, Strengthening Education to Eradicate and Prevent Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence

Busan Office of Education.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education will invest 101.6 billion KRW to implement the 2022 School Safety Management Plan to create a safe educational environment and spread a culture of safety.

The plan will be promoted in four areas: strengthening the system for promoting school accident prevention policies, enhancing safety education capabilities, reinforcing school accident prevention activities, and fostering a safe school culture.

In the area of strengthening the system for promoting school accident prevention policies, the Busan Office of Education plans to manage accurate statistics on school accidents and enhance their usability through school safety surveys and the operation of School Safety Plus.

In the area of enhancing safety education capabilities, experience-centered safety education will be conducted, including school violence prevention education, sexual harassment and sexual violence eradication and prevention education, survival swimming education, and disaster situation drills.

To allow students to experience various safety areas such as water safety, traffic safety, daily life safety, disaster safety, and first aid, the Busan Student Safety Experience Center will open and operate in March on the site of the former Myeongji Elementary School in Gangseo-gu.

In the area of reinforcing school accident prevention activities, preparations will be made for potential school accidents by completing asbestos removal from school buildings and strengthening access control for outsiders by 2024.

This year, with a budget of 26.553 billion KRW, asbestos will be removed from buildings in 33 schools, and in cooperation with the city, the installation of traffic safety facilities will be expanded to secure traffic safety on the way to and from school.

To prevent industrial accidents among field workers, mobile medical services will be provided in cooperation with the Busan Workers' Health Center, and safety education and consulting will be offered to supervisors in accordance with the enforcement of the Serious Accident Punishment Act.

In the area of fostering a safe school culture, participation-centered safety activities such as school safety response (Mapping) activities, where students and teachers explore and improve harmful safety factors in schools together, will be supported.

Superintendent Kim Seok-jun said, “We will create schools where children can attend safely so that they can freely nurture their dreams and talents in the educational environment.”

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