Kakao Enterprise Signs AI Education MOU with Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity and Gureum

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] Kakao Enterprise is supporting software (SW) and artificial intelligence (AI) education programs for teachers and students.

Kakao Enterprise announced on the 30th that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the expansion and activation of SW and AI education in collaboration with the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity and the IT education solution company 'Gureum'.

Through this agreement, these organizations will jointly promote edutech-related projects including ▲ operation of programs to spread SW and AI education culture ▲ development and operation of teacher capacity-building training programs using SW and AI education platforms ▲ provision of educational tools to support SW and AI education classes and their use in educational settings.

Earlier last month, Kakao Enterprise also signed a separate MOU with 'Gureum'. They are cooperating to integrate Gureum's various educational services into Kakao Work and Kakao i Cloud to provide them in the form of Software as a Service (SaaS).

Kakao Enterprise will also participate in the ‘2021 SW Education Festival’ hosted by the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity in November. It will provide the comprehensive work platform ‘Kakao Work’ to help participants communicate easily. It is expected to be used for teacher capacity-building training programs targeting teachers in charge of SW and AI subjects, as well as for AI education online classes for elementary school students.

A Kakao Enterprise official said, "We will create the optimal environment and actively support the use of Kakao Work and other tools even in non-face-to-face situations," adding, "Kakao Work will sequentially release features to improve work convenience in the second half of the year."

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