Busan Office of Education Holds Online and Offline Vocational Education Fair

The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education will hold the ‘2023 Busan Vocational Education Expo’ for two days on the 12th and 13th of this month at BEXCO Exhibition Hall 1 in Haeundae-gu and online to promote vocational education.

The opening ceremony will take place on the 12th at 2 p.m. in Hall 1 of BEXCO Exhibition Hall 1.

This expo aims to enhance the professional technical skills of students from specialized high schools and Meister high schools, foster pride as skilled professionals, and provide middle school students with opportunities for career exploration and career and job experience.

First held nationwide in 2000, this expo has been held annually at venues such as BEXCO Exhibition Hall to promote vocational education. In 2020 and 2021, it was held online due to COVID-19, and this year it will be held both online and offline, expanding from last year.

The expo features participation from 37 specialized and Meister high schools in Busan and includes exhibitions of technical and artistic skills, job experience zones, career exploration, a research school achievement hall, special halls such as Future SALON, All About Aviation, Digital Future Maker Hall, as well as opening and special performances.

Busan Office of Education.

The technical and artistic exhibition displays 93 works including products created using various ideas and advanced techniques, animations, videos, websites, designs, crafts, needlework, costumes, characters, photography, and sculptures.

The job experience exhibition consists of 102 visitor experience programs such as invention works, VR experiences, e-sports game experiences, hologram kit making, face painting, AI coding experiences, mood light and keyring making, medical professional experience photo zones, and navigation simulator operation experiences.

The research school achievement hall is a venue for information education among schools, exhibiting the results of four schools that have researched ‘Measures to Activate Employment through Enhancing On-site Practical Skills of Young Meisters’ over three years.

Additionally, special halls where visitors can experience entrepreneurial mindsets are operated, including All About Aviation, Future SALON, Beauty Plus, Digital Future Maker Hall, casino table experiences, and food trucks.

For the opening and special performances, clubs and invited musicians from 19 specialized and Meister high schools will perform. The festival atmosphere will be elevated with performances such as plays, Nanta by non-commissioned officers, wind orchestra, fashion shows, bands, cheerleading, and dance.

Along with this, various events such as the ‘Golden Bell Quiz for the 2030 Busan World Expo Bid’ involving vocational high school teachers and students, a stage performance by teachers wearing masks titled ‘Mask of 樂’, and an online expo will be held.

Ha Yun-su, Superintendent of Busan Metropolitan Office of Education, said, “This expo will be an opportunity for vocational education in Busan to embrace vocational education in Korea by turning the creativity and dreams of students from 37 vocational high schools in Busan into reality.”

He added, “Going forward, our Office of Education will continue to spare no support in fostering happy schools and growing students through customized education, safe education, and empathetic education.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.