SK Siltron, Semiconductor Career Education for Elementary and Middle School Students

SK Siltron members teaching students at Changdeok Girls' Middle School in Seoul. (Photo by SK Siltron)

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] SK Siltron, a semiconductor wafer manufacturing company, announced on the 15th that it is conducting career education in the semiconductor field for elementary and middle school students. The program is called 'A Canvas Drawing the Future, Wafer.' It teaches students from 5th grade in elementary school to 3rd grade in middle school.

Students receive education about wafers, an essential material for semiconductors, while also being introduced to future technologies and careers related to the semiconductor industry. An escape room-style game is incorporated into the educational content to engage students.

SK Siltron employees visit schools and teach at the students' level. They introduce promising future jobs that apply advanced semiconductor technologies. Based on their experience, they explain what studies are necessary, broadening students' career choices.

The program has been conducted annually for three years since 2019. During this time, in cooperation with the Gumi Office of Education, about 1,000 students from 10 elementary schools in the Gumi area were educated. It was suspended last year due to COVID-19 and resumed in July this year.

Especially from this year, the target schools have been expanded to Seoul, planning to educate about 3,500 students from 25 elementary schools in Gumi and 3 elementary and middle schools in Seoul. Approximately 60 SK Siltron employees, who received prior instructor training, will teach 140 classes.

SK Siltron's education started this month at 4 schools and is expected to be fully conducted at 24 schools in the second semester. On the 14th, the day before, education was conducted for 2 classes at Changdeok Girls' Middle School in Seoul.

The head of the career guidance department at Changdeok Girls' Middle School said, "The fun teaching method allowed students to participate more enthusiastically, and having employees give lectures directly made it a more valuable career education time."

A student who attended the education said, "It was good to learn about semiconductor wafers, which I thought were unfamiliar and difficult, and the game-style class made it fun to learn."

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