Gyeonggi Office of Education to Create Various Classrooms Including Rhombus-Shaped Designs

[Asia Economy (Uijeongbu) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education is creating classrooms in various shapes such as rhombus and stepped designs. This is a measure to enhance students' creativity by moving away from the conventional square-shaped learning spaces.

Earlier, Superintendent Lee Jae-jung of Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education announced this concept of school space innovation in October last year.

On the 21st, the Gyeonggi Office of Education announced that it will invest a total of 94 billion KRW by 2024 to select 235 schools and carry out projects to reorganize or rearrange school spaces.

Through this, the Gyeonggi Office of Education expects to create roaming classrooms tailored to the high school credit system, stepped classrooms for discussions, and rhombus or circular classrooms.

The high school credit system is a system that allows students to select and complete various subjects according to their self-set career paths like university students, and graduate if their accumulated credits meet the criteria.

The government introduced this system to some grades in 2022, plans to expand it step-by-step, and aims for full implementation in 2025. The Gyeonggi Office of Education is considering introducing this system to all grades in 2022.

Also, through space rearrangement, instead of having playgrounds like parade grounds, forests can be created to serve as playgrounds or outdoor classrooms.

To this end, the Gyeonggi Office of Education will invite schools to participate in the school space reorganization and rearrangement project starting next month. Along with this, the Gyeonggi Office of Education plans to invest 516.1 billion KRW by 2024 to rebuild old schools that are over 40 years old.

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