Changes in Gyeongnam Education for the New Year ... Distribution of One Smart Device per Student in Elementary, Middle, and High Schools

Gyeongnam Office of Education.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Trainee Reporter Lee Seryeong] On the 30th, the Gyeongnam Office of Education announced the major policies for Gyeongnam education that will change in the new year.

The Gyeongnam Office of Education plans to establish wireless infrastructure in kindergartens, elementary, middle, and high schools.

They will operate an integrated management center for student smart devices at the education office level and plan to distribute one smart device per elementary, middle, and high school student by August next year.

Classes will be conducted using big data and the I-platform "I Toktok," and smart devices will be used to support the activities of students and teachers.

They will operate AI education support leading schools and a teacher-student AI learning professional learning community. Research activities will also be strengthened by implementing a learning studio and blended learning classrooms to support self-produced content and blended education.

The online Nuri classroom outside of school, which was promoted mainly for elementary schools this year, will be expanded to middle schools in 2022.

The Gyeongnam Office of Education plans to strengthen digital literacy education to develop digital competencies that creatively solve personal and social problems through proper selection and evaluation of digital information.

They will also provide educational services using a metaverse education platform tentatively named "Metagora."

Metagora means the "Agora Plaza" built in the metaverse. Student-centered spaces such as the student council, Agora Plaza, bulletin boards, and club spaces will be opened.

For kindergartens, a budget of 21.2 billion KRW for food expenses and 2.5 billion KRW for operating expenses will be invested to provide safe kindergarten meals.

Public kindergarten tuition will be supported at 100,000 KRW per month, and private kindergarten tuition at 280,000 KRW per month to reduce childcare costs.

For low-income students with a median income of 50% or less, educational activity support funds and other educational benefits will be increased by an average of 21% compared to the previous year.

Educational support will increase from 286,000 KRW to 331,000 KRW for elementary students, from 376,000 KRW to 466,000 KRW for middle school students, and from 448,000 KRW to 554,000 KRW for high school students.

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