Teachers with disabilities will benefit from new policies
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The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education announced on Sept. 18 that it has established the nation’s first “AI and EdTech support group” for teachers with disabilities.”
Under the initiative designed to enhance professional capacity and classroom accessibility, the office has begun tailored training to help visually impaired teachers incorporate digital tools into their classrooms.
According to the Seoul education office, the core of the new program is a “peer-teacher-led support system,” in which visually impaired teachers take the lead.
Participants directly explore and practice AI and EdTech tools to build their skills and will later provide training to other visually impaired educators, expanding the program’s reach.
The training curriculum was made based on pre-training surveys, in-depth interviews, and discussions to reflect the real classroom environments and needs of visually impaired teachers, according to the office.
The six-day program began on Sept. 10 and runs through Oct. 15 at the Seoul EdTech Soft Lab.
Until now, teachers had struggled to determine which EdTech platforms were accessible, often having to test tools individually without systematic guidance.
To address this gap, the Seoul education office organized the support group, bringing together teachers with and without disabilities as well as accessibility experts, combining training with research to deliver practical solutions for schools.
“AI and EdTech have become new eyes and hands that open areas of teaching I once thought were impossible. I feel I can now provide broader and richer lessons for my students,” a visually impaired teacher said after taking part in the program.
Seoul Education Superintendent Jung Keun-sik stressed the program’s broader mission.
“AI and EdTech must serve as tools that ensure all students and teachers, without discrimination, can access learning opportunities,” he said.
“We will actively support the challenges and innovations of visually impaired teachers so their efforts can inspire educational transformation across classrooms nationwide.”