Yoon: "To Lead the 4th Industrial Revolution, Education System Must Be Innovatively Changed"

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol is presiding over the Economic Subcommittees 1 and 2 and the Science, Technology, and Education Subcommittee briefing meeting held at the Presidential Transition Committee in Tongui-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 31st. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Bu Aeri] President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol emphasized on the 31st that "the education system must be innovatively changed to lead the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution."

On the same day, President-elect Yoon received a major work report from the Science and Technology Education Subcommittee at the transition committee meeting room in Tongui-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, and made this request. He also asked for active consideration of specific practical tasks.

At the meeting, Secretary Park Seong-jung reported that 19 national tasks were derived, including ▲leap to Science and Technology G5 with super-gap strategic technologies ▲training one million digital talents ▲creating a healthy media ecosystem.

The direction of review on key campaign tasks such as establishing an advanced space development governance system and innovative plans for regional talent cultivation was also discussed at this meeting.

Ko Jin, head of the Digital Platform Government Task Force (TF), also attended and reported on the implementation plan of the Digital Platform Government, one of the president-elect’s key pledges.

The transition committee plans to review detailed implementation strategies and contents so that the Digital Platform Government can lead a paradigm shift in the entire government administration, not just simple administrative efficiency.

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