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The Integrated Supervisory Committee for Gambling Industries and the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education have agreed to promote policy cooperation aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of preventive education based on school-site data.
On the 14th, the Integrated Supervisory Committee for Gambling Industries, under the Prime Minister's office, signed a "Joint Agreement on Joint Response to Youth Gambling Issues" with the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education at Seongho Middle School in Osan, Gyeonggi Province.
This agreement was established to ensure that preventive education against gambling in schools is implemented without disruption following the amendment to the Integrated Supervisory Committee for Gambling Industries Act, which mandates twice-yearly mandatory gambling prevention education in schools starting from May 2026.
While the Gambling Supervisory Committee has previously supported nationwide preventive education programs, it faced limitations in fully reflecting regional and grade-level educational conditions and the unique characteristics of individual school sites, thereby hindering tailored educational operations.
In response, the committee plans to collaborate with the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, which has the largest student population nationwide and diverse educational environments encompassing both urban and rural areas, to develop a preventive education model that reflects local school-site characteristics and expand field-centered preventive education initiatives.
Choi Byung-hwan, Chairman of the Gambling Supervisory Committee, stated, "This agreement marks the beginning of enhancing the effectiveness of youth gambling prevention policies by combining the committee's policy expertise with the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education's on-the-ground capabilities. We will actively support the dissemination of experiences and achievements accumulated in Gyeonggi Province to school sites across the nation."
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