Gyeongbuk Office of Education Wins National Contest Grand Prize... Rising as a Center for AI Education

A Hub for Nurturing Future Talent... Gyeongbuk Activates AI Education in Schools

Gyeongbuk Office of Education Rises as a Center for AI Education.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Gwiyeol] The Gyeongbuk Office of Education is activating AI education in schools through various methods to nurture future talents suitable for the rapidly changing future society alongside artificial intelligence (AI).

In March of this year, the Office of Education established itself as a center for AI education by winning the grand prize in the nationwide COVID-19 crisis management contest through support for field-customized AI coding education.

To quickly adapt to the future society transformed by artificial intelligence (AI), the Office of Education is providing AI education for the entire educational community, emphasizing a warm, human-centered mindset and AI literacy.

The Gyeongbuk AI education class hours are linked with subjects and creative experiential activities, expanding to 34 hours for elementary schools and 68 hours for middle schools by 2024. For high schools, ‘Introduction to Artificial Intelligence’ and ‘Artificial Intelligence Mathematics’ are offered as elective career subjects.

Additionally, AI convergence education project-based learning focused on various topics such as AI principles and functions, social impact, and ethical issues will be expanded and operated across all subjects.

Furthermore, AI education has been added to the operation guidelines for maker education centers and various experiential centers, and 21 invention education centers have been designated as AI convergence invention education centers to implement additional AI education.

To strengthen AI literacy for all teachers, improve understanding of AI education, and support its establishment in the field, teacher training will be operated so that at least 10% of all teachers complete it annually, aiming for over 30% of all teachers to complete it.

Also, focusing on specialized high schools, AI mock interviews based on AI big data that evaluate applicants’ competencies will be expanded to prepare for job interviews.

The AI mock interviews include questions about situational responses, job and applicant tendencies, and evaluate the applicant’s answers, providing comprehensive feedback through response videos and evaluation results.

Moreover, by strengthening cooperation among the Office of Education, universities, and AI specialized companies for AI education, human and material resources will be secured, and customized AI education programs, teaching aids development and distribution, and experiential programs such as visits and tours will be operated in connection with universities and AI specialized companies.

Park Jonghwal, Director of Policy, said, “We will actively strive to continuously expand AI education, which will play a pivotal role in future education, so that all students in Gyeongbuk can be nurtured as creative future talents with the right values and attitudes toward artificial intelligence (AI).”

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