Gangwon Office of Education Sweeps Excellence and Encouragement Awards at "2025 Youth Startup Competition"

Gangwon Office of Education Achieves Success with Three Award-Winning Startup Teams
Genuine Entrepreneurial Spirit Begins with Problems Discovered by Students

The Gangwon Provincial Office of Education (Superintendent Shin Kyungho) announced that on October 30, three startup club teams representing Gangwon Province participated in the "2025 Korea Youth Startup Competition" held at the AT Center in Yangjae, Seoul, where they showcased creative ideas aimed at solving everyday problems.

On the 30th, three startup club teams representing Gangwon Province received Excellence and Encouragement Awards at the "2025 Korea Youth Startup Competition" held at the AT Center in Yangjae, Seoul. Provided by Gangwon Provincial Office of Education

This competition was held under the theme "Pioneers of the AI Era, Opening the Future through Entrepreneurship," and featured 50 startup club teams from elementary, middle, and high schools nationwide, each selected from their respective cities and provinces. Students developed startup ideas based on problems they discovered in daily life and directly participated in every stage, from planning and design to presentation, making it a hands-on entrepreneurship competition.

The Gangwon Provincial Office of Education has been continuously expanding region-based entrepreneurship experience education, supporting students in discovering problems in their daily lives and exploring solutions independently.

The teams representing Gangwon Province were the "Chil Guys" team from Geomun Elementary School, the "Lasamo" team from Gangwon Middle School, and the "Haeso" team from Sangji Daegwallyeong High School. The "Chil Guys" team from Geomun Elementary School proposed the "SMILE Stairs" system to help express emotions and ensure safe movement. The "Lasamo" team from Gangwon Middle School presented an eco-friendly cup noodle idea that uses the ramen lid as a container and replaces soup packaging with fluoron. The "Haeso" team from Sangji Daegwallyeong High School suggested a sustainable model to reduce methane emissions by using Zostera marina as an eco-friendly cattle feed.

At this competition, the "Haeso" team from Sangji Daegwallyeong High School was honored with the Excellence Award, demonstrating the excellence and ongoing growth of entrepreneurship experience education. In addition, the "Lasamo" team from Gangwon Middle School and the "Chil Guys" team from Geomun Elementary School each received Encouragement Awards, marking a meaningful achievement in which Gangwon students' abilities to proactively identify and solve problems were recognized on a national stage.

Through this experience, students defined problems based on their own experiences and directly designed and validated solutions, fostering core elements of entrepreneurial spirit such as self-direction, collaboration, and execution.

Kim Seongrae, Director of Secondary Education, stated, "Entrepreneurship experience education is not simply about creating new products or companies, but about cultivating future competencies by enabling students to independently discover problems and seek solutions. We will continue to expand the foundation for entrepreneurship experience education so that students can take charge of their own learning, design their careers and lives, and create new value through challenge and collaboration."

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