Uljin Office of Education Discusses Emergency Measures for Wildfire Damage with Ministry of Education

Deputy Prime Minister Yoo Eun-hye Promises Active Support for Student and Educational Facility Damage Recovery

The Ministry of Education and Uljin Office of Education are discussing measures to address the wildfire damage.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Gwiyeol] On the 11th, the Uljin Office of Education in Gyeongbuk Province held a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Yoo Eun-hye, who visited the office to assess the damage caused by the Uljin wildfire, to review the damage status and discuss countermeasures.

At the meeting attended by about 10 people including officials from the Uljin Office of Education, the Ministry of Education, and the Gyeongbuk Office of Education, Deputy Prime Minister Yoo comforted the education officials in the Uljin area who are suffering even more due to the large wildfire amid the difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and pledged to do her best to restore damaged facilities and support students.

To restore educational facilities, it was decided in consultation with officials from the Gyeongbuk Office of Education to promptly repair the damaged facilities and replace building finishing materials vulnerable to fire.

For student support, various measures were promised including providing laptops for remote classes, installing air purifiers, psychological counseling for students, supplying quarantine supplies and personnel to prevent the spread of Omicron, mobile medical support, and school cleaning and sanitation.

Deputy Prime Minister Yoo visited the damaged educational facilities and schools in the Uljin area to check the situation amid overlapping challenges such as the new semester's in-person classes and the spread of Omicron.

Superintendent Kwon Oh-jin stated that he will do his best to restore normalcy at school sites as soon as possible in cooperation with the provincial education office and related agencies.

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