Korea Forest Service Recruiting Schools for Woodworking Experience Classes 'Up to 4 Million KRW Support'

Last year, students at Noeun Elementary School in Daejeon participated in a wood experience classroom program. The wood experience classroom is conducted as a process in which participating students directly make wooden products, helping them recognize the use and importance of wood. Provided by the Korea Forest Service

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The Korea Forest Service is recruiting frontline schools to operate wood experience classrooms. The wood experience classroom aims to inform young and adolescent students about the value and importance of wood and to raise awareness so that wood products can be widely used in daily life.

The Korea Forest Service announced on the 23rd that it will accept applications from elementary, middle, and high schools nationwide to participate in the "Wood Experience Classroom Operation" from the 23rd of this month to the 8th of next month.

A total of 34 schools will be recruited. The Korea Forest Service will support selected schools with up to 4 million KRW per school as operating expenses for the wood experience classroom.

Schools wishing to participate should submit a wood experience program operation plan linked to the school curriculum or after-school classes under the theme "Wood Use = Carbon Neutrality" to the Wood Culture Promotion Association within the application deadline.

The wood experience classroom will be conducted over a total of six sessions, and other detailed information about the operation process can be found on the I Love Wood website.

This project is being promoted according to the "Inter-agency Agreement for Realizing School Carbon Neutrality" signed by the Korea Forest Service and the Office of Education.

The core of the project is to enlighten students about the function and role of wood as a carbon sink (storage) and to provide students with the opportunity to directly make wooden household items through the educational process.

Last year, the Korea Forest Service operated wood experience classrooms in 22 schools, including 9 elementary schools, 7 middle schools, and 5 high schools, with about 4,000 students participating in the process.

This year, the number of participating schools increased by 12 compared to the previous year.

Shim Sang-taek, Director of the Forest Industry Policy Bureau at the Korea Forest Service, said, "Wood has been widely used in daily life as a material in fields such as construction and furniture," adding, "Recently, it has been highlighted as a major carbon sink and recognized as an important resource for achieving '2050 Carbon Neutrality.'"

He added, "The Korea Forest Service will strive to activate wood culture and wood education through the wood experience classroom and increase opportunities for people of various age groups to participate and communicate."

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