Gyeongbuk Office of Education Conducts '50-Day Intensive Student Safety Inspection'... Comprehensive Safety Checks on School Disinfection, Meal Hygiene, Educational Activities, and Facilities

Gyeongbuk Office of Education

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Gwiyeol] The Gyeongbuk Office of Education has formed a ‘Student Safety Field Inspection Team’ to support the full resumption of normal school attendance and educational activities that began on May 1. They will conduct a ‘50-Day Intensive Student Safety Inspection.’

This intensive inspection will be conducted over 50 days from May 18 to July 6, focusing on three areas closely related to students’ school life: ▲school quarantine and meal hygiene safety ▲educational activity safety ▲educational facility safety. A total of 165 kindergartens, elementary, middle, high, and special schools in the province will be inspected.

The contents of the ‘50-Day Intensive Student Safety Inspection’ include school infection prevention management, meal safety management, and food poisoning prevention in the school quarantine, meal hygiene, and safety sector. In the educational activity safety sector, it includes safety management for field trips such as school excursions, prevention management of school violence and sexual violence, and protection of students’ mental health.

Additionally, in the educational facility safety sector, there are a total of 10 items across 3 areas: commuting safety management, safety management of school buildings and facilities, safety management of construction sites inside and outside schools, dormitory fire prevention and response management, science laboratory safety management, and natural disaster response management.

The ‘Student Safety Field Inspection Team,’ formed within the Office of Education and the Education Support Office, plans to conduct thorough inspections using safety checklists for each sector and guide immediate on-site measures for vulnerable areas that require prompt action.

Deputy Superintendent Song Kidong plans to visit schools directly with the field inspection team to check student safety and listen to on-site opinions. To improve vulnerable areas identified through this intensive inspection, he will actively review support plans and institutional improvements in cooperation with related organizations such as the Education Support Office.

Deputy Superintendent Song said, “I hope this intensive inspection will strengthen student safety and become an opportunity for parents to trust and have confidence in the protection of our precious students’ safety and educational rights.” He added, “We will continue to actively strive to create a safe and reliable school environment.”

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