Muan High School 'AI Mentoring School'... Private Education Worries Drop Sharply

Ministry of Education Selects 'Regions and Schools Without Private Education Burden'
Collaboration with EBS... Providing Customized Content by Proficiency Level

The AI Mentoring School operated by Muan High School in Jeonnam has been selected as a ‘Region and School Project Without Private Education Burden,’ raising expectations among local residents.

The ‘School Without Private Education Burden’ is a project implemented by the Ministry of Education targeting leading educational development zones to promote excellent models for reducing private education burdens in the region.

The AI Mentoring School operated by Muan High School has been selected as a "Local and School Project Without Private Education Burden," receiving great response.
[Photo by Muan High School]

Muan High School was selected as the first phase target site of the ‘Region and School Project Without Private Education Burden’ announced by the government on the 21st of last month, and will receive budget support for the next three years to focus on restoring the school’s educational capabilities.

◇ AI Mentoring School / One-on-One Customized Education

The ‘AI Mentoring School,’ operated in connection with EBS, is a ‘future-type after-school program’ that manages learning history to foster self-directed learning abilities. It is evaluated as a program that allows students to improve their skills without relying on private education through one-on-one customized education.

The ‘AI Mentoring School’ utilizes EBS’s AI learning diagnostic system to diagnose students’ learning gaps and provides level-based customized content according to the results.

To manage level-based learning and operate linked online and offline programs based on AI diagnostic test results, a school-level learning management system has been established to systematically manage students.

Muan High School has set the task of ‘Confidently Facing the Future, Solidifying Learning’ and is promoting various programs in connection with EBS, including ▲level-based customized learning support for students ▲career and college admission counseling support ▲self-directed learning support ▲community-linked special programs.

◇ Provision of Online Mentoring Learning Management System (LMS)

Along with providing level-based customized lectures based on AI diagnostic test results, a customized learning program for improving self-directed learning habits is conducted through an online mentoring curriculum.

Through the AI learning competency diagnostic test, students identify their weak areas and select one to two subjects among Korean, English, Math, Social Studies, and Science each semester for study. The mentoring curriculum allows students to choose up to two subjects per semester according to their preferences, with 17 mentoring sessions conducted each semester.

Teachers, parents, and mentors can check mentees’ learning history, attendance, formative assessments, and progress through the Learning Management System (LMS). Students respond positively as they can fill in their gaps through online lectures and mentoring, improving their skills without heavily relying on private education.

In particular, the active participation of teachers and students in educational activities due to the reduction of private education burdens has increased satisfaction with school life and fostered harmony, drawing attention.

Principal Yang Hoe-ryong of Muan High School is well-known as a career and college admission expert and has established a strategy to actively overcome the limitations of education in underprivileged regions by providing personalized content to students.

Principal Yang stated, “We utilize the AI learning diagnostic system to diagnose learning gaps and provide level-based customized content accordingly,” adding, “We will actively operate the program so that students can develop self-directed learning abilities and grow as protagonists of their lives.”

He continued, “With the belief that Muan High School should serve as a focal point for education in the Muan region, we plan to expand the program to middle school students in township areas starting this winter vacation, receiving positive evaluations from parents and students,” and added, “We will continue to do our best to provide high-quality educational services.”

The Jeonnam Office of Education plans to introduce this project to 10 regional schools including Naju, Mokpo, and Muak, aiming to reduce private education burdens.

Kim Eun-seop, Director of Career Education at the Jeonnam Office of Education, said, “We will continue to actively support Muan High School’s AI Mentoring School so that it can settle as a learning model that bridges the educational gap between urban and rural areas in school settings.”

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