All Students "Very Satisfied"
Parents Flood City with Requests for Winter Camp
The first commuter-style English camp operated in Gimpo City, Gyeonggi Province, achieved a 100% student satisfaction rate.
Gimpo City’s directly operated native English-speaking camp for elementary students achieved a 100% satisfaction rate. Photo by Gimpo City
In an anonymous satisfaction survey conducted for the elementary native English camp (Northern Region), which concluded on August 8, every participating student responded with the highest rating of "very satisfied" (5 points) for all categories. In addition, parents actively expressed their satisfaction by requesting a winter camp, thereby demonstrating the high level of the camp's operation.
This elementary native English camp, organized as part of the Special Education Development Zone project under the 8th popularly elected Gimpo City administration with the goal of enhancing global competencies, was held at the 2nd Comprehensive Social Welfare Center in Tongjin-eup from August 4 to 8, targeting 22 elementary school students.
The camp focused on creating an environment where students could naturally use a foreign language by assigning a native English instructor and a Korean assistant instructor to each class. To ensure parents could trust the safety of their children, a variety of safety personnel were deployed, including commuting guides, an on-site nurse, and operational support staff. Additionally, meals were provided that took into account each student's individual allergy concerns.
A Gimpo City official stated, "Following the elementary native English camp in the Northern Region, English camps will also be held in the Central and Southern Regions. The city will do its utmost to discover and expand capacity-building programs so that Gimpo's children can grow into future leaders."
Meanwhile, in response to the enthusiastic support from parents and students, the city plans to additionally operate commuter-style weekend English camps in the Central Region (Unyang, Janggi) and Southern Region (Gochon, Sau, Pungmu) between October and November this year, with participant recruitment to take place in October.
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