Gyeongbuk Provincial Office of Education to Open Nambu Creative Education Support Center in Gyeongsan City... Completion by End of 2021

Meeting scene of the Gyeongbuk Provincial Office related council for the establishment of the Southern Creative Talent Education Support Center.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] The Gyeongsangbuk-do Office of Education announced on the 18th that it will establish the Nambu Creative Talent Education Support Center to nurture future core talents by fostering creative problem-solving skills and collaboration, participation, and sharing abilities.

The Nambu Creative Talent Education Support Center will be built on the site of the former Seongam Elementary School in Gyeongsan-si, Gyeongbuk, covering 8,644㎡ with a total floor area of 8,874㎡. The total project cost is about 15.8 billion KRW, with completion targeted for December 2021.

The center, consisting of four floors, will include a Mathematics Experience Center on the first floor, a Maker Education Center on the second floor, and the Gifted Education Institute and Invention Education Center under the Gyeongsan Office of Education on the third and fourth floors. It will support creative convergence education in the southern Gyeongbuk region, including Gyeongsan, Cheongdo, Yeongcheon, Gunwi, and Goryeong.

In particular, the Mathematics Experience Center and Maker Education Center will provide exhibition and experience spaces accessible to students, parents, and local residents visiting individually or as school groups, expected to be popular. On weekends, family experience programs and lectures for popularizing mathematics will be offered, along with a maker space where participants can engage in creative activities of 'design-production-evaluation' using advanced equipment such as 3D scanners and laser cutters.

Lim Jong-sik, Superintendent of Education for Gyeongbuk Province, stated, "The Nambu Creative Talent Education Support Center will collaborate with many universities in Gyeongsan-si, which promotes itself as an educational city, supporting various educational programs and project execution by student and teacher clubs." He added, "We will actively support activities that allow people to see and manipulate various teaching aids and exhibition materials, helping them realize the principles of basic science in everyday life and develop their thinking skills."

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