Love for Dokdo Filled by 23,000 Handwritten Notes... Dokdo School Website Artwork Submission Completed

Gyeongbuk Office of Education (Superintendent Lim Jong-sik) announced on the 7th that the "2023 Dokdo Love Relay Filled with Handwriting," held on the Cyber Dokdo School website for a month from October 4th to the 3rd, was successfully concluded.

This project was conducted as part of the nationwide expansion of the Gyeongbuk Office of Education's Cyber Dokdo School, where participants wrote given phrases related to Dokdo in handwriting and uploaded them to the Cyber Dokdo School website to continue the Dokdo love relay.

Elementary school students are holding a sign that says "Dokdo Love" (left), and on the right is the completed work made up of individual Korean characters.

The Ministry of Education and 17 metropolitan and provincial offices of education nationwide cooperated to inform students, faculty, and parents across the country so that everyone could participate and share their love for the peaceful island of Dokdo, demonstrating a strong commitment to protecting Dokdo.

As of the 3rd, a total of 23,195 handwritten submissions were uploaded to the Cyber Dokdo School website, attracting attention with many works expressing love for Dokdo in various forms.

This handwriting relay was meaningful as all 17 metropolitan and provincial offices of education nationwide participated, and furthermore, it showed that the Gyeongbuk Office of Education's Cyber Dokdo School has established itself as a nationwide online platform for Dokdo education in just two years of the nationwide expansion project.

In particular, not only elementary, middle, and high school students and faculty nationwide but also the general public and local child care centers gathered their hearts together, delivering great emotion.

The Gyeongbuk Office of Education plans to select outstanding works separately to use in the production of the 2024 Dokdo Love Education calendar and deliver the calendars to the selected participants. Additionally, mobile gift certificates will be sent to individuals through a lottery, and snack boxes will be sent to groups.

A teacher from an elementary school who participated in the group category shared, "I translated 'Dokdo, Beautiful Island of Korea' into several languages and decorated it with handwriting. It was a precious experience to express love for Dokdo together with the students."

Superintendent Lim Jong-sik of the Gyeongbuk Office of Education said, "The '2023 Dokdo Love Relay Filled with Handwriting,' which practiced love for Dokdo with over 23,000 diverse handwritten works, was an emotional time that united the will of the entire nation to protect and love Dokdo. Going forward, the Gyeongbuk Office of Education will actively promote and support Dokdo education through more diverse and meaningful activities centered on the Cyber Dokdo School."

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