On November 1, 2, and 4, ASEAN-Korea Centre conducted School Tour at the ASEAN Hall for 56 students from Banghwa Middle School, Changdeok Girls’ Middle School, and Oryu Middle School. Students learned about ASEAN through the ‘ASEAN-Korea We are Friends’ video followed by presentation on ASEAN-Korea relations and career at the International Organizations. Student also participated in ASEAN Golden Bell quiz, so they can learn more about ASEAN in interesting and fun ways. Additionally, ASEAN officials from Brunei, Laos, and the Philippines took rounds participating in the programs to introduce their country and interact with the students. Students from Changdeok Girls’ Middle school also had additional discussion session on career at the International Organization as a part of career experience activities to explore their career path.

The following is the testimonial from student who participated in School Tour program:

“It was a new experience since I learned new things for the first time. Today I learned about Laos and the Philippines, hopefully somedays I can learn about other countries as well”.

The ASEAN-Korea Centre organizes the School Tour and Youth Visit Program with the aim of raising the awareness of ASEAN and ASEAN-Korea partnership among youths from primary school to university level.

Under the Ministry of Education’s initiative, ‘Ggoomgil’, the Centre has been offering the ASEAN School Tour programs that provide students, not only Korean but also students from all ASEAN Member States, with the opportunities to experience cultural aspects of ASEAN Member States and gives a glimpse of the potential career at an intergovernmental organization.

In the situation of COVID-19, the Centre is conducting the visit programs in strict compliance with the preventive measure guidelines and taking thorough disinfection and sterilization measures for each visit.

If you are interested in the Centre’s visit programs, please contact the Centre via aseanhall@aseankorea.org or 02-2287-1177