Gyeongnam Office of Education Selects 5 Schools Including Gyeongnam Robot High School for Restructuring Support Project

Accelerating Expert Training in Smart Robot Electricity, Smart Factory, and Aviation

Students from Jinju Mechanical Technical High School undergoing on-site training. (Photo by Gyeongnam Office of Education)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Choi Hyun-joo] The Gyeongnam Office of Education announced on the 14th that five schools in the province were finally selected as targets for the Ministry of Education's vocational high school restructuring and support project.

The schools selected this time are Gyeongnam Robot High School, Masan Technical High School, Milseong Jeil High School, Seonmyeong Girls' High School, and Jinju Mechanical Technical High School.

The vocational high school restructuring project encourages curriculum reorganization and class expansion in industrial fields where workforce development is required due to the Fourth Industrial Revolution and overall changes in secondary vocational education.

This project, implemented since 2016 to support qualitative and quantitative improvements in vocational education, was selected by the Ministry of Education until last year. However, from this year, the selection process changed to have each city and provincial office of education select schools considering local conditions and characteristics, followed by approval from the Ministry of Education.

The Office of Education started a preliminary demand survey for vocational high school restructuring in the province in February, conducted consulting for schools wishing to participate in April, and after expert deliberations from industry and education sectors by subject group last month, selected five departments belonging to five schools. These schools will receive a total budget of 2 billion KRW next year.

Jung Hong-gyun, Director of the Creative Talent Division, stated, “Considering the decrease in school-age population and rapidly changing surrounding industrial environment, we will support restructuring into substantial departments that meet the demands of industries, students, and parents to contribute to the development and growth of vocational high schools.”

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