Gyeongnam Students Sweep Youth Startup Competition

Achieved Excellent Results in Various Startup Competitions Including Bizcool Youth Entrepreneurship Contest

Students from Gyeongnam achieved excellent results at the 2021 Southeast Region BizCool Youth Startup Competition.
[Photo by Gyeongsangnam-do Office of Education]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Saerom] The Gyeongsangnam-do Office of Education announced on the 31st that elementary, middle, and high school students in Gyeongnam achieved great success by winning grand prizes and excellence awards in various entrepreneurship-related competitions such as the ‘Southeast Region BizCool Youth Startup Competition’ and the ‘National Startup Invention Competition.’

Hosted by the Busan Regional Small and Medium Venture Business Administration and the Gyeongnam Regional Small and Medium Venture Business Administration, and sponsored by the Gyeongnam Office of Education, Busan Office of Education, and BNK Busan Bank, the ‘Southeast Region BizCool Youth Startup Competition’ saw participation from 43 teams of students from Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam.

In the elementary division, Gimhae Hapseong Elementary School received the excellence award, and Haman Elementary School received the merit award. In the middle school division, Hapcheon Girls' Middle School won both the excellence and merit awards, Jinrye Middle School received the merit and encouragement awards, and in the high school division, Gyeongnam Information High School was awarded the excellence award. The Minister’s Award was given to Yangsan Seochang High School.

Kim Ki-hyun, a student from Seochang High School who won the grand prize, said, “The support from the teachers was a great help, and I gained new ideas and confidence regarding entrepreneurship.”

Additionally, Byeon Gyeong-ja, the supervising teacher of Hapcheon Girls' Middle School who attended the awards ceremony, expressed her thoughts, saying, “As I approach retirement, the students’ excellence award feels like a great gift.”

Hong Jeong-hee, Director of Career Education, stated, “Career education is becoming increasingly important at a time when new changes and leaps in the educational environment are required,” and added, “We plan to actively support students in finding ideas in their daily lives and designing mock startups so that they can realize their dreams by leveraging their diverse strengths and spirit of challenge.”

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