‘Gyeongbuk Online School’ First Semester Classes Fully Begin... 500 Students Participate in 64 Courses

About 500 students participated in the first semester classes at the Gyeongbuk Online School.

The Gyeongbuk Office of Education (Superintendent Lim Jong-sik) announced on the 11th that it had stably started the first semester classes of the Gyeongbuk Online School together with 26 participating schools from the first day of the new semester.

The "Online School" is a new form of public school that provides part-time classes without affiliated students, equipped with classrooms and teachers.

Gyeongbuk Online School Class Scene

The school is accelerating preparations for its opening on September 1 this year. To support smooth classes, including curriculum organization, operation, and coordination of academic schedules between schools, a pilot operation has begun at a temporary online studio inside Gyeongsan High School in Gyeongsan City.

Since September last year, through demand surveys for on-demand and designated curricula at individual schools, 64 courses were opened for the first semester of the 2024 academic year, and about 500 students from 26 schools are taking online classes during regular class hours.

In particular, in the Gyeongbuk region, which has many small rural schools, it plays a significant role in solving the problem of not meeting the demands of students in small schools due to a shortage of students and specialized teachers.

The Gyeongbuk Online School plans to operate as a distinctive project of the Gyeongbuk Office of Education by organizing curricula with subjects such as big data analysis, artificial intelligence and future society, basics of AI programming for nurturing talents to lead future social changes, and subjects like environment and human life, understanding cultural diversity, and environment to cultivate communal values.

Lim Jong-sik, Superintendent of Gyeongbuk Office of Education, said, “We will operate the online school effectively to eliminate educational gaps and improve educational capabilities for our students,” and added, “We will actively support ensuring all students’ right to choose subjects and implementing digital-based teaching and learning for personalized learning.”

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