Chungnam Office of Education Holds Election Law Training for School Administrators

Supporting Student Voters in Exercising Their Suffrage

Chungnam Office of Education conducted a live election law training session on YouTube to help student voters exercise their voting rights in the 21st presidential election. Photo by Chungnam Office of Education

On May 22, the Chungnam Office of Education announced that it had conducted a live election law training session via YouTube for all principals and vice principals of high schools and special technical high schools.

This training was held to support first-time student voters in exercising their voting rights and to ensure the fair administration of the election ahead of the 21st presidential election scheduled for June 3.

According to data compiled by the Office of Education, approximately 8,600 student voters in the Chungnam region are expected to participate in the upcoming 21st presidential election.

For this election law training session, which targeted school administrators of institutions with student voters, the Office of Education invited Hwang Suhyeon, head of public relations at the Chungcheongnam-do Election Commission and a guest professor at the National Election Commission's Election Training Institute, to provide vivid case studies and accurate guidance on election law.

To strengthen election education for students, the Office of Education is actively operating and supporting programs such as on-site election classes in collaboration with the Chungnam Election Commission and voter education for first-time voters.

Superintendent Kim Jicheol stated, "We will strengthen election education for students and expand educational programs that help students, as voters, recognize the value of voting and support their growth as democratic citizens."

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