Software High School (formerly Bongyang Information High School) to Open in March Next Year in Uiseong-gun, Gyeongbuk

Software Development, Game Development, and Internet of Things Departments 'Nationwide Recruitment'

Gyeongbuk Software High School Exterior View

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] The Gyeongsangbuk-do Office of Education announced on the 22nd that the (tentatively named) 'Gyeongbuk Software High School' is scheduled to open in March 2021 to cultivate software talent in the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution.

Gyeongbuk Software High School is a software-specialized high school, the first of its kind in Gyeongbuk, established by Bongyang Information High School located in Bongyang-myeon, Uiseong-gun, which was approved as a base specialized high school by the Ministry of Education in 2017.

The departments and recruitment numbers are 40 students for Software Development, 20 for Game Development, and 20 for Internet of Things, totaling 80 students, with recruitment on a nationwide basis. The school will newly construct a practice building equipped with a dormitory accommodating 150 students, a multipurpose auditorium, a cloud server room, a coding room, an information resource room, and group study rooms.

Superintendent Lim Jong-sik stated, "In the era of intelligent informatization, software technology will be the foundation of all industries, and software capabilities will become national competitiveness," adding, "Gyeongbuk Software High School is expected to become the center for nurturing software talent for the future intelligent information society."

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