Career Exploration and Job Experience... Busan Education Office to Hold 'Vocational Education Expo' at BEXCO

37 Specialized High Schools and Meister High Schools Participate

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education will hold the 2022 Busan Vocational Education Expo for five days starting from the 7th at BEXCO Exhibition Hall 2 in Haeundae and online. The opening ceremony will be held on the 7th at 2 p.m. in Hall 4A of BEXCO Exhibition Hall 2.

This expo is an event aimed at enhancing the professional technical skills and boosting the pride of specialized high school and Meister high school students as skilled professionals, while providing elementary and middle school students with opportunities to explore careers and experience jobs.

The expo has been held annually at BEXCO and other venues since it was first held nationwide in 2000, but due to the impact of COVID-19, it was held online for the past two years. This year, it will be expanded to both online and offline formats.

The expo will feature 37 schools from the Busan area, including specialized high schools and Meister high schools, and will operate exhibitions such as the Skills and Arts Exhibition, Job Experience Exhibition, Research School Achievement Hall, Special Pavilion, International Tourism Pavilion, Food Pavilion, and opening and special performances.

The Skills and Arts Exhibition will display 120 works including creations applying various ideas and advanced techniques such as animation, videos, websites, design, crafts, needlework, costumes, characters, photography, and sculptures.

The Job Experience Exhibition will offer 108 programs that visitors can participate in, including invention works, VR experiences, daily necessities, music videos, nail art, special makeup, beverage making, financial sector experiences, UCC, caricatures, perfume making, and drone experiences.

The Research School Achievement Hall is a venue for information exchange among schools, exhibiting the results of a two-year study by four schools on the theme of "Activation of Employment through Improvement of On-site Practical Skills of Young Meisters."

Additionally, there will be a Special Pavilion where visitors can experience being a casino dealer, an International Tourism Pavilion incorporating entrepreneurial mindsets such as K-Beauty, and a Food Pavilion using food trucks.

The opening and special performances will be held over two days, featuring plays, wind orchestra performances, bands, musicals, and more by clubs from 18 specialized and Meister high schools.

Along with this, various events such as forums with vocational education experts, lectures by notable figures, and a role-reversal quiz show will also be held.

Han Jong-hwan, Director of Future Talent Education at the Busan Metropolitan Office of Education, said, "This expo will be a hopeful educational venue that turns the creativity and dreams of students from 37 vocational high schools in the Busan area into reality," adding, "We hope that through the expo, students from specialized and Meister high schools will grow into skilled professionals."

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