Gyeongbuk Office of Education Provides 2,500 Laptops to Needy Students... 9,600 Also Receive Communication Expenses

The Gyeongbuk Office of Education announced on the 13th that through the '2023 Elementary, Middle, and High School Education Informatization Support Project,' it will provide internet communication fees for approximately 9,600 lines and about 2,500 laptops to students from underprivileged families with a budget of 5.82 billion KRW.

This project supports internet communication fees and laptops for basic livelihood security recipients, single-parent family protection beneficiaries, and legally designated near-poverty groups to eliminate the digital divide and blind spots in education informatization.

Gyeongbuk Office of Education.

The Gyeongbuk Office of Education selects beneficiaries annually based on income and property investigation results from local governments. The internet communication fees are paid directly by the education office to the internet service providers used by the beneficiary households, including harmful content blocking services.

Laptop support is provided at one unit per household for children from 4th grade elementary school to 3rd grade middle school in beneficiary families, excluding households that have received PCs or laptops through similar projects within the past five years.

In particular, this year, the office is actively considering introducing an aftercare system to alleviate repair cost burdens on households caused by laptop malfunctions after the warranty period has expired. Additionally, to reduce the workload of responsible staff, plans to improve processes related to changes in subscribed communication providers and beneficiary information will be prepared and applied in the field.

The Gyeongbuk Office of Education expects this project to provide sincere support to underprivileged groups by taking responsibility beyond simple financial or material support to continuous aftercare.

Lim Jong-sik, Superintendent of Gyeongbuk Office of Education, said, “The purpose of education informatization support is to provide equal educational opportunities to children in all households within the province,” adding, “We will continue to implement warm Gyeongbuk education policies to ensure that not a single child is left behind.”

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