Daegu IB Conference Attendee Superintendent Lim Tae-hee Requests "Expansion of Training and Creation of Korean Language Textbooks"

Lim Tae-hee, Superintendent of Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, requested the IB headquarters to expand training for International Baccalaureate (IB) teacher development and to produce Korean versions of IB textbooks.

Superintendent Lim attended the '2024 Daegu IB Global Conference' held at Daegu EXCO on the 21st and stated, "Interest in IB is growing in Gyeonggi Province," and proposed, "Please expand training for teachers at IB schools."

He also advised, "Many teachers find language issues somewhat challenging," and added, "If the Korean versions of IB textbooks are expanded quickly, it will significantly help the practical expansion of IB in Korea."

Gyeonggi Provincial Superintendent of Education Lim Tae-hee is attending the Daegu IB Global Conference on the 21st and engaging in discussions.

In response, Olli-Pekka Heinonen, Secretary General of the IB headquarters, replied, "We will strive to respond actively. Thank you for sharing innovative ideas."

The conference was attended by over 1,300 education officials from the Asia-Pacific region, including Korea, China, Hong Kong, India, and Australia. It consisted of common lectures and more than 80 diverse elective courses, including ▲Special lectures on the IB curriculum ▲Presentations of field cases ▲Presentations on IB educational outcomes and academic research.

The IB is one of the internationally recognized university entrance qualification exams, first started in Switzerland in 1968, and currently operates over 7,000 programs in more than 5,400 schools across about 150 countries. Discussions have been underway since 2021 to introduce it into public education in Korea.

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