Gwangju Nam-gu Holds Traffic Safety Campaign for Elementary School Routes

Implemented Year-Round Until December, Excluding School Vacations

Exterior view of Gwangju Namgu District Office.

Gwangju Nam-gu (District Mayor Kim Byungnae) announced on the 28th that starting next month, traffic safety guardians will be stationed around 12 elementary schools in the district to accompany children and ensure safe routes to and from school.

Nam-gu is implementing the traffic safety guardian project for elementary school routes to prevent traffic accidents involving children and to protect them from crimes. The traffic safety guardian project is a collaborative effort between the Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education, Gwangju City, and Nam-gu. It will be carried out throughout the year from next month until December, except during school vacations.

To implement the project, the district recruited elementary schools wishing to have guardians assigned, and decided to deploy them around 12 schools, including Daeseong Elementary School, Baegun, Wolsan, Jesuk, Daechon Jungang, Bullo, Jobong, Jinje, Hyocheon, Hakkang, Hyodeok, and Bongju Elementary Schools.

There are 38 traffic safety guardians, all of whom are local residents selected through an open recruitment process in February. They possess extensive experience and knowledge related to traffic safety and have demonstrated responsibility and dedication in caring for children as if they were their own.

According to the guardian deployment status at each school, schools with a large number of students wishing to be accompanied on their way to and from school will have five guardians. Schools with about 10 students will have one or two guardians, while those with around 15 students will have three guardians accompanying them. The routes managed by the traffic safety guardians include alleyways around the 12 schools, covering a total of 42 routes.

A district official stated, "Because the traffic safety guardians are reliably present with our children, even parents in dual-income families are satisfied," and added, "We will do our best to ensure that children can enjoy a safe school life through this project."

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