Gyeongbuk Office of Education and KT Operate Online Korean Class for Multicultural Families

Gyeongju Wolseong Elementary and Heungmu Elementary, Chilgok Janggok Elementary

Gyeongbuk Office of Education (Superintendent Lim Jong-sik) will operate the "Multicultural Family Online Hangul Classroom" program for six months starting from the 25th, together with KT Corporation, to provide Korean language education for multicultural students.

The Online Hangul Classroom is a joint educational donation program by the Gyeongbuk Office of Education and KT Corporation. Since 2022, it has been running Hangul classes aimed at reducing the learning gap for elementary students from multicultural families, targeting schools with a high concentration of multicultural students.

Participants from Gyeongbuk Office of Education, KT, and multicultural children attending the 'Multicultural Family Online Korean Classroom' are gathered together for a commemorative photo.

In this 5th session, 33 multicultural students from three schools?Wolseong Elementary School and Heungmu Elementary School in Gyeongju, and Janggok Elementary School in Chilgok?will participate, receiving education using tablet PCs provided by KT Corporation.

The Online Hangul Classroom forms groups consisting of one mentor teacher, who is a specialist in Hangul and child psychology, and one to two multicultural students to concurrently provide mentee EQ education. Using tablets at home, students participate in six online learning sessions per month (via ZOOM) and two cultural experience sessions during the learning period, supporting systematic Korean language education.

In addition to individualized Korean language education, the program also offers psychological care and cultural and historical experiences to address adaptation stress and psychological anxiety related to Korean culture. It supports multicultural students' situational awareness and social development, including daily life and peer relationships.

Lim Jong-sik, Superintendent of Gyeongbuk Office of Education, expressed gratitude for the cooperative culture of companies contributing to society for the happiness of the next generation, saying, "As the African proverb goes, 'It takes a whole village to raise a child,' I hope many social organizations and companies will participate more in nurturing the talents of our future generations."

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