Gyeonggi Province Superintendent Lim Tae-hee said on the 16th, “Gyeonggi Province is the center of future education. “The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education is transforming schools into sites of future education,” he emphasized.
Superintendent Lim said this at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) digital education policy training in the second half of 2024 held at the Southern Office of the Provincial Office of Education. On this day, Superintendent Lim said, “Because the artificial intelligence (AI) and digital era is an unstoppable trend, Gyeonggi-do education sites are actively introducing it.”
He continued, “We have developed our own artificial intelligence (AI) teaching and learning platform ‘High Learning’ and are providing one smart device per person starting from the third grade of elementary school to enable customized classes for each student.” He explained, “We are establishing ‘Gyeonggi Online School’ to provide special training to strengthen teachers’ capabilities as well as to expand the boundaries of public education so that even out-of-school students are not left out of education.”
Superintendent Lim said, “From December 2nd to 4th, UNESCO and the Provincial Office of Education will jointly hold the ‘UNESCO International Forum on the Future of Education.’” He added, “Education is a common global task, and the global community can develop together through education.” “I hope that a foundation will be laid,” he emphasized.
A total of 7 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member countries participated in this training, and 17 education policymakers and experts from Brunei, Chile, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru, Thailand, and Vietnam visited as delegations.
The Provincial Office of Education plans to continue to expand international educational cooperation and provide students with opportunities to grow into talents with international communication capabilities and global citizenship through various international exchange programs.
Meanwhile, the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education (Superintendent Lim Tae-hee) distributes 146 books approved by the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education to schools.
On the 16th, the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education announced that as a result of deliberation and development of books approved by the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education according to the 2022 revised curriculum, it approved the final 146 books and decided to distribute them to schools nationwide.
The Provincial Office of Education is the nation’s largest 2022 revised curriculum approved book development agency. 34 publishers, 2 universities, and 400 review committee members participated in this development project.
The review and development of this recognized book went through the following processes: ▲Announcement of implementation of review of recognized books in January 2023, ▲Preparation of considerations and recognition standards for compilation of each book in April of the same year, and ▲Appointment of deliberation committee members for national contests. Subsequently, as a result of the development and deliberation of approved books from January to August of this year, a total of 146 books were finally approved as books recognized by the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education.
The main approved books are 146 books in total, including ▲32 volumes including middle school art 1 and 2 and daily Japanese, ▲71 high school general subjects including basic English 1 and 2, and ▲43 specialized subjects including smart city basics. Of these, 30 are books developed independently by the Provincial Office of Education.
Kim Yun-ki, head of the Curriculum Policy Department at the Provincial Office of Education, said, “We hope that a total of 146 books approved by the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education will serve as a compass for students to find their career path and plan for higher education.” He added, “We will continue to use books to help students prepare for the future on their own initiative. “We will actively prepare field utilization plans and learning support measures,” he said.
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