Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education Operates 'Language Education Activation Cooperative Schools'

The Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education (Superintendent Lee Jeong-seon) announced that starting from the 10th, it will operate the ‘Language Education Activation Cooperative Schools’ targeting two elementary schools.

The ‘Language Education Activation Cooperative Schools’ project was prepared based on a business agreement signed in 2022 between the Metropolitan Office of Education and the Korea Association of Speech-Language Pathologists.

Speech-language pathologists will be dispatched to the target schools until December to provide various support for students' language education and speech therapy.

The main support includes ▲conducting language diagnostic tests for students ▲classes operated jointly by teachers and speech-language pathologists ▲after-school and vacation speech therapy programs.

In particular, based on the language usage diagnosis for all students, basic academic teachers and speech-language pathologists will collaborate to provide customized language programs for students.

Additionally, students who previously needed speech therapy had to visit treatment centers directly, but students at the cooperative schools can now easily participate in various therapy programs within the school.

Lee Eun-kyung, president of the Korea Association of Speech-Language Pathologists, stated, “Through this project, speech-language pathologists dispatched to schools will provide various support to students,” and added, “We hope this will be of great help to students who have difficulties in communication.”

Superintendent Lee Jeong-seon said, “Together with the Korea Association of Speech-Language Pathologists, we have been able to implement substantial language education activation programs within schools,” and added, “The Office of Education will actively support continuous interest in customized language education for students.”

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