Seoul Metropolitan Superintendent of Education Jeong Geun-sik, Spurring Support for Special Education, Digital Integration Education MOU Narae and Seojin School in succession to communicate on-site
Apr 23, 2025
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Chung Geun-sik, superintendent of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, will sign a business agreement with the Naver Connect Foundation and the Special Education Digital Education Association (SeeD) to support social and emotional learning for students with disabilities at the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education on the 24th. Through this agreement, the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education will operate training to support digital-based educational activities and enhance teachers' social-emotional learning expertise in the integrated education field, the Naver Connect Foundation will provide teacher training spaces, support digital platforms and teaching and learning contents, and distribute integrated education programs (Play AI Together) teaching aids, and the Special Education Digital Education Association (SeeD) will cooperate in revitalizing digital-based social-emotional learning education for students with disabilities.
After the agreement, the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education will operate a 'Social Emotional Learning Classroom' with AI for 20 public elementary schools in 2025, and conduct teacher training for 3 days (April 19, 23 and 26) at Naver headquarters and Square for 40 general and special teachers in elementary schools.
Chung Geun-sik, superintendent of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, is continuing his on-site communication to visit special schools in person to listen to difficulties and encourage special teachers' hard work on the occasion of Disabled People's Month. After visiting Seoul Narae School (special school for physical disabilities) on April 21, he will visit Seoul Seojin School (special school for intellectual disabilities) with city council members of the Seoul Metropolitan Council's Education Committee on the 25th. The visit will share cases of successful settlement in the village community in cooperation with local villages despite conflicts with residents in the early days of the establishment of special schools, and listen to voices and opinions from the field for the development of special education to come up with ways to realize cooperative special education that allows both disabled and non-disabled students to grow happily and properly.
Chung Geun-sik, superintendent of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, said, "Through this special school visit with the Seoul Metropolitan Council, we will further increase social interest and accountability for special education for students with disabilities and establish a cooperative partnership between the city council and the Office of Education to strengthen the special education support system." conveyed his will.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
