Gyeonggi Office of Education to Designate 462 Additional Innovation Schools Next Year

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education has newly designated 462 innovative schools.

On the 7th, the Gyeonggi Office of Education announced that it designated a total of 462 new innovative schools for next year, including 298 elementary schools, 119 middle schools, and 45 high schools. As a result, the total number of innovative schools in the province will increase to 1,393.

Accordingly, innovative schools will account for 57% of the total 2,455 elementary, middle, and high schools in the province.

Innovative schools are schools that place students' growth and learning at the center of school education, where students, parents, and faculty collaboratively create the school curriculum through democratic school culture.

In particular, by creatively operating the curriculum reflecting the characteristics of the school and the local community, students lead learning connected to real life.

The innovative school policy started in 2009 with 13 schools in the province and will enter its 14th year of operation in 2022.

Innovative schools have grown and developed into ▲linked innovative schools ▲innovative schools proposed by schools and villages ▲innovative empathy schools ▲innovative education districts, expanding the foundation of school autonomy and educational autonomy so that school members and local communities can jointly create school education.

Kim Beom-jin, Director of School Policy at the Gyeonggi Office of Education, emphasized, "The direction of change toward future education accelerated by COVID-19 is not different from what innovative education aims for," adding, "We will support innovative schools with passion and will for innovative education to deepen educational autonomy and school autonomy diversely according to local circumstances."

The Gyeonggi Office of Education is preparing a discussion forum this month involving innovative school students, graduates, parents, and teachers to enhance understanding of innovative schools and innovative education, an academic conference on innovative education in December, and the publication of a performance analysis report on innovative schools.

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