Ulsan Office of Education to Provide 5,243 Laptops for Teachers for Remote Classes

Accelerating Improvements in Remote Learning Environments to Prepare for Post-Corona

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hong Jeonghwan] Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education announced on the 24th that it will provide teacher laptops to 248 schools.

They will support ultra-lightweight laptops equipped with the latest generation high-performance CPUs and WIFI6 to 122 elementary schools, 64 middle schools, 57 high schools, 4 special schools, and 1 other various school. These laptops can run filming, interactive communication, and learning management without delay in preparation for interactive remote classes, which is expected to be of practical help for teachers' use of remote classes.

The laptop support project to improve the remote learning environment will invest a budget of about 6.2 billion KRW, including 2.488 billion KRW in national funds supported by the elementary and secondary online education infrastructure construction project. The Office of Education plans to provide 5,243 laptops to schools by March next year.

If individual schools purchase laptops separately, it would cost 9.9 billion KRW, but through an integrated contract via a two-stage multiple supplier competition, about 3.7 billion KRW was saved and the administrative work of schools was also reduced.

Heo Seonggwan, Director of the Future Education Division, said, “We will continue to strive to create a smart educational environment where all school members can freely participate in remote education and online-offline blended education in all learning spaces within the school.”

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