Jang Seok-woong, Candidate for Jeonnam Superintendent of Education, "Establish Creative Convergence Education Centers in All Cities and Counties"

Fostering Creative Convergence Talent: Distribution of 'One Digital Device per Student'

Jang Seok-woong, Preliminary Candidate for Jeonnam Superintendent of Education

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] Jang Seok-woong, a preliminary candidate for Jeonnam Superintendent of Education, announced on the 10th, "We will complete future-oriented smart classrooms up to the southwesternmost point of the country to nurture creative convergence talents and open up the future for all students."

According to Jang Seok-woong's election office, they plan to fully equip all schools in Jeonnam Province with state-of-the-art edutech future classrooms and establish creative convergence education centers in every city and county. They also intend to promote creative convergence education in classrooms through the distribution of one digital device per student and metaverse-based education.

In particular, they will support AI career testing, counseling, and experiences for students at career transition stages in elementary, middle, and high school, and expand and reallocate personnel and functions of regional career and academic support centers.

They plan to secure quality employment opportunities for vocational high school students and expand advanced career, academic, and vocational education such as the high school-university linked 'Dream Growth Campus' and 'Joint Campus' to help students realize their dreams.

Additionally, they will implement ▲ Jeonnam youth policy proposal donation system ▲ regular 'Youth 100-person roundtable discussions' by region ▲ operation of democracy, human rights, and peace global train schools ▲ establishment of energy self-reliant schools ▲ creation of eco-friendly imaginative playgrounds for children, aiming to nurture Jeonnam students as global citizens with democratic civic awareness and ecological sensitivity.

Candidate Jang Seok-woong said, "The future society requires talents with core future competencies encompassing empathy, creativity, problem-solving skills, critical thinking, ecological humanities sensitivity, democratic civic awareness, and self-directed learning ability," adding, "We will nurture Jeonnam students as creative convergence talents so they can fully realize their dreams and talents."

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