Park Jong-won of Gimcheon High School and Jo Un-kyung of Pohang Steel High School included among 100 recipients of the 'Korea Talent Award'

Two High School Students from Gyeongbuk Office of Education Selected for Ministry of Education's '100 Talent Award'

From the left, Park Jong-won of Gimcheon High School, Jo Un-gyeong of Pohang Steel High School.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongwook Park] In Gyeongbuk Province, Park Jong-won of Gimcheon High School and Jo Un-gyeong of Pohang Steel High School were included among the 100 recipients of the '2020 Korea Talent Award.'

The 'Korea Talent Award' is an award presented since 2008 by the Ministry of Education and the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity to discover outstanding talents who will lead future society. Selected students are systematically managed and supported by the Ministry of Education to grow into key talents of Korea.

According to the Gyeongbuk Provincial Office of Education on the 30th, Park Jong-won of Gimcheon High School is a gifted student who was the youngest recipient as a middle school student in the science and information mindset category of the 18th Proud Youth Award.

Park, who shows exceptional passion for creating new value such as filing a patent for an invention (upright egg carton) based on creative thinking, is also known to be actively involved in volunteer activities through international exchanges such as the '2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.'

Jo Un-gyeong of Pohang Steel High School is a student who, through childhood experiences, became aware of social issues related to people with disabilities and aspires to make special people out of special individuals.

In November 2017, Jo won the grand prize in the Korean Informatics Olympiad contest category with a work titled 'Training for Remembering People's Names,' and in July 2019, he received the Excellent Youth Scholar Award at the 12th Korean Youth Academic Conference (KSCY) for his thesis titled 'Verification of the Usefulness of an ICT-based Program for Evaluating and Enhancing Memory of People's Names.'

Superintendent Lim Jong-sik encouraged, "I hope the recipients of the Korea Talent Award will demonstrate their capabilities in various fields and grow into future talents leading the Fourth Industrial Revolution."

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