Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education and Mokpo MBC Host '2020 Creative Challenge Festival'

Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education jointly held the '2020 Creative Challenge Festival' with Mokpo MBC. Photo by Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education announced on the 19th that it held the ‘2020 Creative Challenge Festival’ in collaboration with Mokpo MBC.

The ‘2020 Creative Challenge Festival’ was co-hosted by the Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education and Mokpo Cultural Broadcasting, and on the 17th, the preliminary and final rounds were conducted as a non-face-to-face online festival due to COVID-19, with participation from the Jeonnam Invention Education Center and its affiliated staff.

Marking its 6th year this year, the Creative Challenge Festival consisted of 45 teams formed by 135 elementary and middle school students who participated in the preliminary round in September and advanced to the finals, carrying out on-site tasks at each regional education office’s invention education center.

A ‘new normal’ video conferencing system for a new experiential education method was deployed, and the broadcasting station connected each regional invention education center via video to operate the program in a relay format.

Participating students listened to a lecture titled ‘Awaken the 1% of Sleeping Creativity’ conducted by Dr. Im Seong-man from Jeonju National University of Education, and through various inquiry activities such as on-site tasks and impromptu challenges, they discovered their own growth to the next level.

This festival, attempted for the first time in the region, was evaluated as a possibility for Jeonnam education aiming for future education through an online festival-type competition. It also raised expectations that Jeonnam students would have an opportunity to pioneer their aptitudes and career paths and develop future competencies.

Jeonam Provincial Assembly member Lee Hyuk-je evaluated, “The Creative Challenge Festival conducted online is a good example of a new normal online festival in the post-COVID-19 era where participants, panelists, and watching parents can communicate together.”

Superintendent of Education Jang Seok-woong said, “I hope the students participating in the festival will cultivate interest and curiosity, demonstrate infinite creativity and imagination, and grow into competitive talents for the green smart future society,” adding, “Let us take the crisis of COVID-19 as an opportunity for a new leap and play a leading role in ‘K-Jeonnam Future Education.’”

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