To overcome the Corona 19 crisis and support student safety and growth
Deputy Prime Minister Yoo Eun-hye “Review of institutional alternatives and supplementary measures”
On the 21st, Deputy Prime Minister of Social Studies and Education Minister Yoo Eun-hye and representatives of teachers’ organizations held a meeting at the Korea Educational Facility Safety Agency to share opinions on overcoming the Corona 19 crisis. Provided by the Ministry of Education
Amid growing concerns about the learning and safety of students after a year of the Corona 19 epidemic, teacher organizations made a joint declaration to do their best to prevent school quarantine and solve the learning gap. On the 21st, the Federation of Teachers’ Unions, New School Network, Practical Education Teachers’ Association, the National Teachers’ Union, the Good Teachers Movement, and the Korean Federation of Teachers’ Associations announced’Joint Declaration of Teachers’ Organizations for Overcoming the Corona 19 Crisis and Supporting the Safety and Growth of All Students’ Announced. They recalled last year, when schools were not open due to the Corona 19 epidemic, saying, “For a year, the national education system was maintained face-to-face and non-face-to-face, but students are not properly protected at home, and the learning gap is widening. Also emerged” he pointed out. In addition, it announced a joint declaration “to relieve students’ social anxiety about learning and safety, and to participate in overcoming social crises such as school quarantine and solving the learning gap.” Above all, they “will reinforce counseling activities to understand and support students’ life and learning situations”, “check students’ learning outcomes, and reinforce learning support for students who are unable to follow their learning, and actively resolve the learning gap I will try” and so on. School vacancies inevitable due to the introduction of remote classes (<한겨레> Go to articleIt is to further strengthen efforts to fill in ). It also announced that it would work on sharing cases and data related to school quarantine and online learning. If the epidemic of infectious diseases does not improve this year, remote classes are expected to be inevitable, but unlike last year, the expected gap and loss are minimized. Teachers’ organizations have been planning and implementing their own programs and campaigns to support learning and counseling, and to strengthen online learning capabilities. Teachers’ organizations asked the educational authorities and political circles to actively cope with “creating an environment where teachers can focus on operating curriculum and operating a system that takes into account the online environment”, such as solving the problem of overcrowded classes and reinforcing quarantine personnel. The local community was asked to join in to “solve the gap in care caused by long school closures and to establish a social safety net for children of the vulnerable class.” On the afternoon of that afternoon, Yu Eun-hye, Vice Prime Minister of Social Affairs and Education Minister, held a meeting with representatives of teachers’ organizations to discuss cooperation measures to bridge the educational gap, caring for, and overcoming learning alienation and void. Deputy Prime Minister Yoo thanked the teachers who led this, saying, “(Even in the Corona 19 epidemic), all schools and public education in Korea provided more than a certain level of distance lessons, and such experiences cannot be found in the world.” In addition, he said, “Let’s focus all our capabilities and do our best so that the problem of education gap can be alleviated within public education and within schools.” “We will review active institutional alternatives and complementary measures.” By Choi Won-hyung, staff reporter [email protected]