"Visiting Students with Disabilities Unable to Attend School"... Gyeongbuk Office of Education Deploys 136 Traveling Special Education Teachers

The Gyeongbuk Office of Education (Superintendent Lim Jong-sik) announced on the 19th that it has assigned 136 special education itinerant teachers to 21 special education support centers under the education support offices to ensure the learning rights of students with special educational needs.

Itinerant education is a method where special education teachers directly visit students with special educational needs at various schools, medical institutions, homes, welfare facilities, and schools without special classes to provide education.

A special education teacher from the Gyeongbuk Office of Education (right) is visiting students with disabilities who cannot come to school to conduct classes.

The purpose of this deployment of special education itinerant teachers is to guarantee the learning rights of students with special educational needs by providing curricula and special education-related services tailored to the degree and characteristics of the students' disabilities.

This year, 136 itinerant teachers have been assigned, an increase of 4 from last year's 132, providing itinerant education at least twice a week per student to 307 students with disabilities.

Special education teachers for kindergartens have been assigned to six special education support centers in regions with many kindergarten itinerant education recipients, such as Pohang, Andong, and Gumi, to support diagnostic evaluations for early detection of disabilities in young children and adaptation programs for special education preschoolers entering elementary school.

Additionally, two special education teachers responsible for remote classes for students with health impairments have been assigned to the Gumi Education Support Office to assist students facing difficulties in school life and academic performance and to facilitate their smooth return to school.

Lim Jong-sik, Superintendent of Gyeongbuk Office of Education, stated, “We will actively support the operation of safer and more substantial itinerant education tailored to the educational needs of students and their guardians to ensure the learning rights of students with disabilities.”

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