Education Minister Seo Nam-soo: "Student Safety Education to Be Reviewed from Scratch"

Education Minister Seo Nam-soo said on the 8th, "We will review student safety education and disaster safety systems from the ground up to ensure that incidents like the Sewol ferry disaster never happen again in our country."

Minister Seo made the remarks while attending an "Expert Meeting on Safety Education and Disaster Safety" held at the Government Sejong Building in Eojin-dong, Sejong City, saying "We will create a safe Korea."

The meeting was attended by about 20 participants including Cho Byeok, emeritus professor at Dongguk University, and other experts in safety education and disaster safety, as well as educators and parents from schools.

Minister Seo heard opinions from experts on overall disaster safety systems including student safety education and discussed improvement measures.

The Ministry of Education plans to continuously hold additional expert meetings by field to gather input from field professionals.

The ministry also plans to establish effective experiential school safety education and disaster safety measures based on the input collected.