Gwangju University 'RG' Team Selected for Social Entrepreneur Development Project

Selected Ideas for Providing Services to Low-Income Children and Adolescents in Educational Blind Spots

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] Students at Gwangju University have been selected as prospective entrepreneurs with an idea to develop educational services for low-income children and adolescents who are in educational blind spots.

According to Gwangju University on the 6th, the ‘RG’ team, consisting of fourth-year students Lee Sua and Kim Jaemin from the Department of Youth Counseling and Lifelong Education, and fourth-year student Lee Seungyeon from the Department of Early Childhood Education, was finally selected in the recent recruitment of prospective startup teams for the ‘2022 Social Entrepreneur Fostering Project’ hosted by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Korea Social Enterprise Promotion Agency.

They submitted an idea to provide educational services to low-income children and adolescents in educational blind spots through the development and distribution of educational programs utilizing gamification.

The ‘RG’ team will go through a process of growing into a social enterprise while receiving various educational programs such as funding and mentoring necessary for startups over six years.

Student Lee Sua said, “At first, we had difficulties due to a lack of understanding of social enterprises and selecting abstract items, but through guidance from mentors at the Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation and professors, we were gradually able to specify the content,” adding, “We want to show rapid growth faster than anyone else through support from the Korea Social Enterprise Promotion Agency and the university’s Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation in the future.”

The Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation of Gwangju University, which has been conducting the ‘Social Entrepreneur Fostering Project’ for nine consecutive years, plans to actively encourage and support participation as student involvement is high every year.

Lee Sangmyeon, head of the Social Enterprise Business Group at Gwangju University, said, “The participating students have a very strong entrepreneurial will, and since the business feasibility of the items is sufficient, we will nurture them into young star companies contributing to the local community through various support.”

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