Paju-si Operates 'Visiting Peace and Unification Classroom'

Awakening the Value of Peace and Cultivating Peace Sensitivity

Paju City, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Kim Kyung-il) announced on the 3rd that it operated the ‘Visiting Peace and Unification Classroom’ targeting 5th and 6th graders in elementary schools within the city, starting with Munsan Elementary School throughout November.

Paju City has been operating the "Visiting Peace and Unification Classroom" for 5th and 6th graders at elementary schools in the area, starting with Munsan Elementary School throughout November. Provided by Paju City

The ‘Visiting Peace and Unification Classroom’ is a program operated in collaboration with ‘House Embracing Peace’ to raise awareness of the importance of peace and provide opportunities to cultivate peace sensitivity among local students.

Instructors from ‘House Embracing Peace’ were dispatched to conduct classes for a total of 21 classes across 9 schools, with each class receiving four sessions according to each school’s application.

The peace and unification classroom program conducted at schools consisted of customized peace and unification education tailored to the perspective of youth, including ▲ making peace books ▲ creating hate pyramids and peace pyramids ▲ expanding peace sensitivity through history ▲ and the ‘Peace Book Bundle’ activity, which received positive responses from students.

Lee Chang-woo, Director of the Autonomous Cooperation Division, said, “Paju City is promoting peace and unification education targeting various fields and age groups, including peace and unification education for public officials, peace and unification education contest projects, and visiting peace and unification classrooms for youth, to spread a culture of peaceful coexistence and build public consensus.” He added, “Despite the tense inter-Korean situation, we will strive to expand the consensus on peace through various peace and unification education programs.”

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