Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education, School Wireless Network Construction Project 'Progressing Smoothly' ... Completion by 2025

56% of Classrooms Equipped This Year... 43% of All Students Scheduled to Receive Smart Devices

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education announced on the 16th that it will proactively promote the establishment of wireless networks in classrooms and the distribution of smart devices in response to the 'With Corona era,' aiming to expand online education infrastructure early.

With the goal of establishing wireless networks in all classrooms and distributing one smart device per student by 2025, this year, approximately 11 billion KRW will be invested in wireless networks and about 20 billion KRW in smart devices, totaling 31 billion KRW, with plans to secure budgets annually.

This year, more than 56% (15,950 classrooms) of all classrooms will complete the installation of 'wireless apps' based on the next-generation wireless technology 'Wi-Fi 6,' and an additional 42,130 smart devices will be distributed, covering more than 43% (87,330 devices) of all students.

In 2021, the expansion of online infrastructure will continue, increasing classroom wireless networks to 69% (13,012 classrooms) and smart devices to over 51% (103,696 devices), thereby establishing real-time interactive remote classes and various collaborative learning using smart devices.

Superintendent Kang Eun-hee stated, "Following 2020, we will increase the establishment of classroom wireless networks and the distribution of smart devices in 2021 to further activate blended learning classes beyond remote classes."

Meanwhile, since 2012, the Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education has been interested in edutech utilization education and has promoted school wireless network construction and smart device distribution projects, completing the distribution of wireless networks in at least 12 classrooms and 120 smart devices per school as of 2019.

Through this, the Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education is proactively establishing an on-offline integrated education infrastructure to further activate edutech-utilized classroom improvements and personalized education for students, which it has continuously promoted.

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