(Foundation) Jeonnam Information & Culture Industry Promotion Agency Receives Great Response for SW·AI Education Visiting Remote Areas

Sending Expert Instructors and Equipment to Island Schools for 'Visiting Education'

Overwhelming Positive Response from Beneficiary Schools... "It Was Great. Please Expand the Education Program"

The "Visiting SW.AI Coding Class" conducted by the Jeonnam Information and Culture Industry Promotion Agency was held on the 11th at Gyeongho Elementary School, an island school located in Yeosu City.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] “This education was so good. The students loved it so much...”

The Jeonnam Information and Culture Industry Promotion Agency announced on the 21st that its 'Visiting SW·AI Coding Classroom,' which provides software (SW) and artificial intelligence (AI) education to elementary schools and local children's centers in remote island and mountainous areas of Jeonnam, is receiving great responses.

This project is implemented by the Ministry of Science and ICT, supported by Jeollanam-do Province, Naju City, and the Jeonnam Office of Education, and is exclusively operated by the Jeonnam Information and Culture Industry Promotion Agency (Director Lee Jun-geun, hereafter referred to as the Promotion Agency).

The purpose is to eliminate educational disparities in SW and AI by dispatching specialized SW·AI education instructors to schools in remote island and mountainous areas and institutions protecting vulnerable groups, providing education tailored to the students' level.

Since March this year, the Promotion Agency has been conducting 'Visiting SW·AI Education' targeting about 57 local children's centers, 47 island village school classes, and 22 classes for disabled youth in the first half of the year.

At the same time, the Promotion Agency has started monitoring the dispatched schools to continuously improve the quality of SW·AI education, and it has been confirmed that very positive evaluations have been received from each beneficiary school, along with a flood of requests for continuous dispatch of specialized instructors.

On the 11th, at Gyeongho Elementary School, an island school located in Yeosu City, the "Visiting SW.AI Coding Classroom" was held with professional instructors conducting SW education, while students became engrossed in assembling educational kits.

A teacher at a school in an island village in Wando-gun said, “Compared to mainland schools, SW education equipment is lacking, the information and communication environment is poor, and there is a significant difference in students' levels, so we had deep concerns about how to conduct SW education,” adding, “From the school's perspective, the challenges of SW education were resolved, and from the students' perspective, it became an opportunity to become interested in SW, which they usually had little chance to experience.”

Meanwhile, to facilitate the smooth promotion of this project, the Promotion Agency remodeled the closed Naju Sanpo Elementary School Deokrye Branch last year and launched the 'Jeonnam Software Future Filling Center.'

Since 2019, a total of 7.1 billion KRW, including 3.5 billion KRW in national funds over three years, has been invested, aiming to create 300 SW instructor jobs and nurture 9,000 SW talents.

They have published educational materials for the 'SW Convergence Exploration Series to Jeonnam,' linked to Jeonnam's specialized industries such as agriculture, marine, tourism, and energy, applying ▲SW·AI coding basics ▲SW·AI robots ▲IoT (sensors) tailored to each grade level in educational settings.

Director Lee Jun-geun of the Promotion Agency stated, “We will ensure opportunities so that Jeonnam's young talents can grow into creative talents in the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution and that SW·AI education does not fall behind.”

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