Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education-KT, Online Night School 1st Graduation Ceremony

College Student Mentors Provide After-School Learning Support for Middle School Students
Using Real-Time Interactive Edutech Platform

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education and KT will hold the graduation ceremony for the first cohort of the after-school customized mentoring program 'Raenseon Yahak' on the 5th.

The ceremony will be attended by key figures including Cho Hee-yeon, Superintendent of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, and Koo Hyun-mo, CEO of KT, along with representatives of university student mentors and parents. About 100 university student mentors will participate remotely.

Raenseon Yahak is a mentoring program where 300 middle school students under the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education who need learning support due to the prolonged COVID-19 situation and 100 university student mentors form groups of three to one to support students' learning after school.

The first cohort was operated from October last year to the end of March targeting middle school students (grades 1 to 3) under the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, and a second cohort will be formed with new middle school students and university student mentors for six months starting from the end of April this year.

The 300 middle school students and 100 university students selected for the first cohort received learning support and counseling for their desired subjects for four hours a week using KT's edutech platform, which enables real-time interactive video classes.

According to a satisfaction survey conducted in January for Raenseon Yahak, 89.1% of the mentee middle school students expressed satisfaction (56.5% very satisfied, 32.6% satisfied), and 93.6% of parents also responded that they were satisfied.

The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education stated, "We will continue to establish various learning support systems through learning assistance and content support using edutech, and build an ecosystem that connects excellent edutech companies and schools to minimize students' learning gaps and educational disparities and support customized classes for students."