[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education is launching full-scale field-customized support to ensure basic academic skills.
The Busan Academic Development Institute announced on the 6th that it has prepared the ‘2023 Busan Basic Academic Skills Guarantee Implementation Plan’ to foster students' basic academic skills day by day and month by month, marking the first year of ‘Character-based Academic Growth.’
Busan basic academic skills refer to the minimum achievement standards that include basic knowledge and skills such as reading, writing, and arithmetic necessary to understand and utilize the contents of subjects like Korean and Mathematics within the school curriculum.
The newly prepared plan will be promoted under the slogan ‘Busan Basic Academic Skills Improve Day by Day!’ with three core strategies: ▲ one-on-one customized diagnosis ▲ strengthening a three-stage integrated safety net according to preferences and characteristics ▲ establishing a support foundation for outstanding basic academic skills projects.
The one-on-one customized diagnosis involves a three-stage diagnostic system including integrated diagnosis within schools, professional diagnosis by education support offices, and in-depth diagnosis by the Busan Basic Academic Skills Support Center to analyze students' learning deficiency factors from multiple angles and provide tailored support.
Each school must designate a ‘Learning Support Teacher’ among its faculty and form a ‘Learning Support Target Student Support Council.’ The council selects students who need learning support and manages their learning history by providing year-round corrective guidance through customized support programs.
Students requiring additional professional or in-depth diagnosis beyond school support can receive assistance from the Busan Basic Academic Skills Support Center.
The three-stage integrated safety net according to preferences and characteristics has been meticulously prepared with basic academic skills guarantee measures tailored to student characteristics, including ‘classroom programs centered on homeroom teachers,’ ‘integrated support through the formation and operation of school multi-support teams,’ and ‘customized in-depth support linked with local specialized institutions.’
This year, programs such as ‘Hakryeok Ollim’ (elementary) and ‘THE Doodream School’ (middle school) will also be operated for students who wish to improve their academic skills as well as those lacking basic academic skills.
Additionally, the Basic Academic Skills Support Instructor System for immediate learning support within classes will be operated in all elementary schools and 80 middle schools.
Ten leading schools and 15 pilot schools for basic academic skills guarantee will also be operated. Each leading school will receive 25 million KRW, and each pilot school will receive 10 million KRW, with these schools developing student-customized basic academic teaching and learning models suitable for their individual school conditions.
Furthermore, 50 leading teachers will be trained to support the improvement of basic academic skills at individual schools, developing a new model for Busan basic academic skills to enable schools and teachers in the Busan area to improve their basic academic capabilities day by day.
Along with this, the Busan Academic Development Institute plans to take responsibility for and lead the improvement of students' basic academic skills through customized prescription learning that carefully diagnoses and analyzes students' basic academic skills using the ‘Busan Academic Skills Support System’ (BASS), which is being developed for the first time nationwide.
Lee Sang-yul, Director of the Busan Academic Development Institute, said, “This year is the first year of implementing the basic academic skills guarantee plan established to mark the first year of ‘Character-based Academic Growth.’ We will strive to make Busan’s basic academic skills guarantee plan a standard for basic academic skills policies in Korea by reflecting the diverse opinions of the education community and Busan citizens.”
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