85.5% of Gyeonggi Residents Say "Green Smart Future Schools Needed"

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Residents of Gyeonggi Province have shown agreement on the necessity of the 'Gyeonggi-do Type Green Smart Future School.'

The Green Smart Future School is a school that transforms buildings over 40 years old by 2025 into advanced schools based on digital and eco-friendly foundations, enabling the realization of various future-oriented educational curricula.

The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education announced on the 8th that 85.5% of Gyeonggi residents responded that the 'Gyeonggi-type Green Smart Future School is necessary' in a public opinion survey conducted to understand awareness and expectations of the Green Smart Future School project.

The Gyeonggi Office of Education is promoting the Gyeonggi-type Green Smart Future School project, reflecting Gyeonggi education policies such as innovative schools, future-type integrated operation schools, facility complexification, and the characteristics of regions and schools within the province.

In the survey, residents identified the 'space lacking for students in current school spaces' as student-customized teaching and learning spaces (26.1%) as the top priority.

Following were ▲community activity and student autonomy spaces (20.4%) ▲nature-friendly ecological spaces (19.8%) ▲student communication and rest spaces (16.5%) ▲advanced informatization spaces with smart environments (13.6%).

Regarding the priority projects for the Gyeonggi-type Green Smart Future School, respondents pointed to ▲comprehensive school environment improvement (39.1%) ▲provision of various activity spaces (38.4%) ▲establishment of smart environments (33.3%) ▲creation of indoor and outdoor plaza-type spaces (32.2%) ▲development of school forests (29.4%).

Additionally, as for the 'impact of the Green Smart Future School project on school changes,' respondents cited ▲establishment of smart learning environments for future education (35.5%) ▲restructuring of student activity-centered spaces (26.6%) ▲creation of pleasant green schools such as ecological forests (21.4%) ▲complexification of school facilities used together with the community (13.1%).

Lee Heon-ju, head of the Green Smart Future School Promotion Team at the Gyeonggi Office of Education, emphasized, "We will not only improve aging buildings and school environments but also create Gyeonggi-type future school spaces where students can develop the competencies to live in future society and realize various dreams and challenges."

This public opinion survey was conducted by the Gyeonggi Office of Education through the polling agency KSOI (Korea Society Opinion Institute) from June 17 to 20, targeting 1,200 adult men and women aged 19 or older residing in the province via landline and mobile phone interviews. The sampling error is ±2.8 percentage points at a 95% confidence level, and the response rate was 9.5%.

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