Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education Operates High School Credit System 'Kkumkium Campus'

Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education operates the 'Dream Nurturing Campus' summer semester of the high school credit system for 391 general high school students. Photo by Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education announced on the 26th that it will operate the high school credit system 'Kkumkium Campus' summer semester for 391 general high school students in the province.

This event will be held from the 25th of this month to the 12th of next month as a high school-university linked joint curriculum to ensure the stable establishment of the high school credit system and to provide students in remote island and mountainous areas with opportunities to choose various subjects.

The campus universities include six universities in the Gwangju and Jeonnam regions: Chonnam National University, Chosun University, Mokpo National University, Gwangju National University of Education, Chodang University, Cheongam University, and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in the Seoul area.

This campus will increase the number of intensive practical courses in a boarding format, allowing 234 students in 14 courses to experience classes not available at school, such as physical education and career exploration, basics of nursing, general aviation, and life science experiments, over 3 nights and 4 days or 4 nights and 5 days.

In particular, the regionally specialized joint curriculum 'Ecology and Environment,' opened in collaboration with Jirisan Ecological Exploration Center, received great responses from students.

This course, established with Gurye High School as the base school, involves experts from the Jirisan Ecological Exploration Center who lecture on in-depth ecological and environmental issues and provide hands-on experience opportunities.

Park Kyung-hee, Director of Secondary Education, said, "Ahead of the phased application of the high school credit system next year, we are exploring various ways to overcome Jeonnam's challenging environment," adding, "We will actively support Kkumkium Campus to help students' career paths."

The Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education operates the 'Art페 School' linked with specialized high schools alongside Kkumkium Campus and is building various cooperative systems to create a specialized joint curriculum operation model for the Jeonnam region.

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