Korean Program Brings Gambling Awareness Session To High School

South Korea’s Korea Sports Promotion Foundation has carried out a gambling education programme at Gwangmyeong High School, working with Gwangmyeong Police Station to inform students about illegal gambling. The session was held for all 880 students at the school and focused on the risks linked to gambling among minors.

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Focus On Student Awareness

Trained counselors informed students about various kinds of illegal gambling, provided them with actual examples, discussed addictions associated with this phenomenon, and potential ways to prevent this kind of behavior. In addition, participants underwent an assessment of their own gambling tendencies using the Campaign for Adolescent Gambling Intervention scale.

Together with taking the test, students received information regarding the ways in which one can report illegal gambling and find appropriate counseling services and support. The overall aim of this educational event was to help students gain more understanding about the issue.

Cooperation Across Agencies

As stated by the organisers of the sessions, this is just one example of a necessity to cooperate in such projects, not only between different agencies but also between various organizations, law enforcement, and public institutions to help prevent gambling among teenagers. Such sessions, along with several other sessions organized throughout the country for educating the students on the dangers associated with illegal gambling, can be seen as attempts to create awareness in society.

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Illegal gambling is becoming a growing concern in society, due to which such sessions have become pertinent in the country. Through such sessions, the authorities aim to prevent such acts at the earliest stages possible.

Wider Youth Month Campaign

A public awareness campaign was also held in Gwangmyeong for Youth Month. Events took place across several locations, including the Gwangmyeong City Youth Centre, and drew around 4,000 participants.

The education session at Gwangmyeong High School formed part of that wider campaign activity. Together, the school programme and the public events reflected an effort to keep the issue of illegal gambling in focus while giving young people and the wider community information on prevention and support.

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Source: Focus Gaming News