Career Education for Students with Disabilities, Gyeongbuk Office of Education Takes Responsibility … 46 Special Schools in Yeongnam Region

Operation of Customized Career and Job Exploration Program

The Gyeongbuk Office of Education will serve as a leading education office this year to operate a customized career and job exploration program for 46 special schools in the Yeongnam region.

This project aims to identify the talents, aptitudes, vocational interests, and career tendencies of students receiving special education, secure basic data for systematic career planning starting from the middle school curriculum, and manage their career histories.

Gyeongbuk Office of Education.

This year, the Gyeongbuk Office of Education has been selected as the overall executing agency, overseeing work consultations with project managers from four metropolitan and provincial offices of education regarding schedules, content, and program composition. They have also completed the selection of a commissioned institution with experience and know-how in career education for students with disabilities. In Gyeongbuk, 107 middle school students from eight special schools are expected to participate.

The implementation process involves selecting institutions with expertise to operate the job exploration program, which will be carried out as a commissioned project. A total of 631 middle school students eligible for the free semester system from 46 special schools under the Gyeongbuk, Daegu, Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam Offices of Education will participate.

The program includes school-visit job exploration activities, tours of local vocational rehabilitation facilities, on-site job experiences, mentoring by senior working professionals, job experience, and mock interviews. The results will be compiled into individual student profiles and provided to each school.

Lim Jong-sik, Superintendent of Education of Gyeongbuk, stated, "Through this project, we will expand opportunities for career exploration experiences for students receiving special education and continue to provide various support and encouragement so that they can overcome disabilities and nurture their dreams and talents."

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