Incheon Office of Education Focuses on East Asian Civic Education and Digital Infrastructure Development

East Asian History Field Trip and Establishment of Incheon Peace School and International Education Center
Operation of Pilot Schools for Vegetarian School Meals and Ecological Citizenship Curriculum
Establishment of Cyber Career Education Center and Creation of Customized Classes for the 4th Industrial Revolution

Doseong Hoon, Superintendent of Education, Incheon Metropolitan City

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] The Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education is focusing this year on East Asian citizen education, climate crisis response and ecological environment education, and expanding digital infrastructure, aiming to realize 'the future education that has arrived first.'

The Office of Education is promoting educational policies under the slogan 'Incheon Embracing the World, Incheon Education,' so that students learn the values of peace, coexistence, and prosperity and grow into 'East Asian citizens and global citizens.'

First, efforts will be made to strengthen the capabilities as East Asian citizens.

To this end, with the vision of 'Incheon Embracing,' plans include Incheon awareness field trips, Democracy Road, Ganghwa Edu Tour, establishment of Incheon Peace School, making Incheon a city of reading, village-linked East Asian citizen education, and student social and educational participation projects.

Also, with the vision of 'to the world,' international educational exchanges such as youth East Asian history trips and youth peace camps, promoting accurate understanding of our history, expanding multilingual education in five or more languages and establishing an international education center for this purpose, and customized vocational education for East Asian future strategic industries will be promoted.

This East Asian citizen education is not a separate program but is integrated into the school curriculum, merging with democratic citizenship education, global citizenship education, character education, and others.

Do Seong-hoon, Superintendent of Incheon Education, stated, "We plan to conduct East Asian citizen education in all elementary schools, operate joint curricula among general high schools, specialized high schools, and vocational high schools, and promote career education according to the growth stages of East Asian citizens," adding, "The capabilities cultivated as East Asian citizens are expected to become the 'life power' that pioneers our children's careers, college admissions, and professional worlds."

Incheon Office of Education also emphasizes expanding climate crisis response and ecological environment education to create an educational community that realizes the values of solidarity, coexistence, and life.

In the global climate disaster situation, recognizing that climate crisis response education and ecological environment education for sustainable Earth and human life are not optional but essential, the Office of Education and its affiliated institutions and schools will take the lead in reducing waste and achieving carbon neutrality, operating resource circulation and climate crisis response model schools and solar power plants, promoting vegetarian school meals, and designating coal-free financial institutions.

Ecological citizen education courses will be a core element of the Incheon curriculum, with model schools operated, ecological environment education through school forests and school gardens, and ecological healing programs also conducted.

Along with this, the Incheon Office of Education plans to establish an Incheon-type future education platform and a cyber career education center to promote 'EduTech-based Incheon future education,' supporting digital devices such as laptops and smart pads and building school wireless internet networks.

Furthermore, to nurture creative and convergent talents required by future society, it will actively support blended (online and offline) classes beyond traditional face-to-face classes and customized class environments for the Fourth Industrial Revolution era.

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