Science High Schools Evolve... Big Data, Convertible, Advanced Lectures

Selected as Future-Oriented Education Innovation Leading School by Ministry of Science and ICT
Approximately 100 Million KRW Support per School for 4th Industrial Revolution Education
Diverse Initiatives Including Big Data, Convertible Devices, and Advanced Lectures

On the 25th, two days before in-person classes for 11th graders, 9th graders, 1st and 2nd graders, and kindergarten students begin, a homeroom teacher is preparing for students' in-person classes in a 3rd-grade classroom at Hangang Middle School in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Hwang Junho] Future-oriented educational innovation will be applied to science high schools and gifted schools, where big data is used to analyze student information and diagnose learning levels for customized education, and convertible learning that crosses between non-face-to-face online education and offline education takes place. The government will invest 100 million won annually for three years in 10 schools introducing such innovative educational programs to respond to changes in the educational environment caused by the 4th Industrial Revolution and the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on the 22nd that it has selected 10 future-oriented educational innovation leading schools. The selected schools are Gyeonggi Buk Science High School, Gyeongbuk Science High School, Sejong Science High School, Incheon Science High School, Incheon Jinsan Science High School, Hanseong Science High School, Gwangju Science High School, Daejeon Science High School, Sejong Science and Arts Gifted School, and Incheon Science and Arts Gifted School.

This project is aimed at responding to changes in the educational environment and paradigm triggered by the 4th Industrial Revolution and COVID-19. It is promoted to autonomously establish various educational innovation models tailored to the characteristics of each school and to share and spread the results to general schools.

Daejeon Science High School will develop a model for customized education by diagnosing learning levels through big data-based student information analysis and designing personalized education. Sejong Science High School will promote convertible and hybrid learning that freely crosses between online and offline education as needed. Hanseong Science High School will open in-depth lectures on detailed subjects that were difficult due to lack of demand at the individual school level, sharing them with other schools using MOOCs and edutech. It will also conduct continuous online conferences between students and overseas science and engineering experts.

The Ministry of Science and ICT plans to share the best practices of the leading schools with general schools through a performance exchange meeting at the end of this year. Through this, it aims to lay the foundation for solidifying universal math and science education for students in general schools.

Kang Sangwook, Director of the Future Talent Policy Bureau, said, "This future-oriented leading school is the first step toward a new educational paradigm shift," adding, "We will continuously strive for educational innovation and the resolution of educational gaps by sharing improvements derived from autonomous educational innovation attempts at schools and exploring ways to universally apply research results to other schools."

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