Mokpo National University Jeonnam Regional Economic Education Center Conducts Visiting Economics Class at Sinan Sinui Middle School

Shinan Shine Middle School conducted a visiting economics class. Photo by Asia Economy

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] The Jeonnam Regional Economic Education Center (Director Ko Doo-gap) at Mokpo National University (President Park Min-seo) announced on the 13th that it conducted a total of two sessions of the “(Island) Regional Visiting Economic Class” for all students at Sinan Sinui Middle School (Principal Jo Hyun-hwan) in Sinui-myeon, Sinan-gun, Jeonnam, from the 3rd to the 10th.

This education program is supported by the Ministry of Economy and Finance and Jeollanam-do, and targets elementary, middle, and high school students in underprivileged and island areas of Jeonnam.

It aims to help economically vulnerable youth establish economic values and easily understand economic trends and rational consumption in the current era through engaging activities.

The program was conducted twice with the themes “God of Investment” for the first session and “The 4th Industrial Revolution and Future Jobs” for the second session.

In particular, the class explained the emerging future job sectors developing in line with the 4th Industrial Revolution era and discussed the outlook of future society, capturing the students’ focus and interest.

A student who participated in the class said, “It was good to learn about artificial intelligence and jobs,” and added, “It was interesting to think about the rapidly evolving changes and the jobs I want to pursue.”

The lecture was conducted with keywords such as “4th Industrial Revolution, Big Data, AI,” and concluded with a time to reflect on which jobs to choose by discussing issues arising from the changes and developments of civilization in the 4th Industrial Revolution era, job displacement due to automation, jobs that robots will replace, jobs that will disappear, and jobs that will not disappear.

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