Education Enters the K-Edu Era! ... Dong-Eui University Participates in Uzbekistan Early Childhood Teacher Capacity Building Project

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] Dong-Eui University was recently selected as the final implementing agency for KOICA (Korea International Cooperation Agency)'s Official Development Assistance (ODA) project, the "Early Childhood Teacher Capacity Building Project through the Establishment of the Uzbekistan Teaching and Learning Development Complex Center."

The project involves constructing a teaching and learning development complex center, including an early childhood education experience center and a research kindergarten, in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, and conducting retraining to strengthen the capabilities of early childhood education teachers. It will run until 2026 with a project budget of 11 million USD.

At Dong-Eui University, Professor Jeon Yoon-sook from the Department of Early Childhood Education serves as the project leader, with participation from Professor Kim Sung-hyun of the Department of Early Childhood Education, Professor Kang Min-jong from the International Cooperation Center, and Senior Researcher Kim Ji-hyang, forming a local early childhood education experts council.

The council will be responsible for advising on the operation of the experience center and research kindergarten, developing integrated teaching materials, and managing teacher retraining programs.

Professor Jeon Yoon-sook, the project leader, stated, "We will do our best to transfer Korea's excellent early childhood education systems and operational programs to realize inclusive and equitable quality early childhood education in Uzbekistan."

KOICA signed the "KOICA-Uzbekistan 2022-2024 Grant Aid Cooperation Program MOU" with Uzbekistan in December 2021, planning to support projects worth 88 million USD over three years in areas such as infectious diseases, education, and digital transformation, along with invitation training and dispatching volunteer groups.

The "Early Childhood Teacher Capacity Building Project through the Establishment of the Uzbekistan Teaching and Learning Development Complex Center," conducted under this agreement, is led locally by forming an "Early Childhood Education Experts Council" centered on Uzbek early childhood teachers.

The project will proceed as a localized program benchmarking Korea's "Nuri Curriculum."

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