Gyeongbuk Superintendent of Education Lim Jong-sik Visits Ethiopia... Signs MOU for Educational Informatization Support

Lim Jong-sik, Superintendent of Gyeongbuk Office of Education, who declared 2024 as the inaugural year of K-EDU, is visiting the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia from the 9th to the 13th for a 3-night, 5-day schedule to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding support for informatization equipment and teacher informatization training.

The delegation consists of six officials from the Gyeongbuk Office of Education, including Superintendent Lim Jong-sik, and two officials from the APEC International Education Cooperation Center, including General Manager Cha Jung-chan.

Lim Jong-sik, Superintendent of Gyeongbuk Office of Education.

This visit aims to assess the current status of educational informatization support in newly partnered countries for 2024 and to sign an MOU with the Ethiopian Ministry of Education.

On the first day, the delegation will visit the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Addis Ababa to lay a wreath and meet with veterans and their descendants to express gratitude for the veterans’ noble courage and sacrifice.

On the second day, the delegation will visit the local Ministry of Education to sign an MOU for the globalization of digital education with Minister Berhanu Nega.

The MOU includes support for educational informatization such as new informatization equipment, Warm Gyeongbuk-R computers, class content, local teacher training, and cooperation in digital education exchange.

Additionally, Superintendent Lim Jong-sik will visit Kotebe Education University (President Behanemeskal Tena) to give a special lecture titled “The Present of the Republic of Korea and the Future of Ethiopia” to about 200 students.

In May 2023, an employee of the Gyeongbuk Office of Education visited a middle school in Ethiopia to investigate the utilization status of informatization equipment.

Superintendent Lim Jong-sik said, “I am honored to take the first step toward the globalization of K-EDU in Ethiopia, the second largest African country that participated in the Korean War,” and added, “I hope that through this MOU signing, both countries will join hands and move forward toward the future together.”

The Gyeongbuk Office of Education has contributed to enhancing the educational informatization environment and teacher informatization capabilities through exchange cooperation with the Republic of Guatemala for the past 18 years, and from this year, plans to support a total of two countries, including the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

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