2918 KOR Teachers to Europe
austraLasia #2918
Korean teachers visit Europe
SEOUL: 19 September 2011 -- Twelve teachers from
Seoul Comprehensive Vocational School in Korea are visiting
Europe currently (15-25
September) with Fr Mose
Yoon sdb. The primary purpose is to see a number of
vocational schools in action in the Czech Republic, Austria
and Italy. The group has included several Salesian
vocational schools amongst those they are observing,
especially Borgo Ragazzi Don Bosco and Gerini in Rome.
The Seoul Comprehensive Vocational School
has been administered by the Salesians since 1999, when it
was entrusted to them by the Seoul City Council. It has 1200
students and offers 14 major subject areas including
architecture, interior design, furniture design,
environmental systems, welding, web design, network server
operation, computer mechanics, vehicle maintenance, cooking,
fashion design. There are five full time Salesians involved
in the school. The Rector and Principal is Fr Benjamin Kim
sdb.
As of this year the school has commenced
a foreign student project involving thirty students per
year, each from different countries (such as Mongolia,
Butan, Mexico, Sudan).
The school's management has the support
of local government with free education for all, and each
student is given some $200 monthly by way of a scholarship.
The foreign students are offered free accommodation and
meals.
