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“AI is more than a simple technology; it is the infrastructure of our time that supports children’s dreams,” Ahn said, vowing to secure leadership in Gyeonggi education and make it a center for training South Korea’s future technology workforce.
He said AI would be used to “substantially guarantee the rights of everyone in education,” citing data-based student growth records to narrow gaps in basic academic skills and administrative reforms to free teachers to focus more on students and instruction.
Ahn said the core philosophy of his AI education system is people-centered AI education focused on “dignity and growth.” He pledged to pursue “training 100,000 Gyeonggi AI future talents,” build an AI and semiconductor talent belt, establish new AI and semiconductor high schools in northern Gyeonggi, and push to attract a KAIST northern campus to make the province a hub for future technology talent.
As on-the-ground measures, he proposed operating AI-focused schools; building a “Gyeonggi-style AI curriculum” linking classes, elective subjects and assessment; project-based classes tied to universities and companies; school labs equipped with the latest devices; AI literacy training for all teachers and training specialist teachers; an AI-based career history system; and shifting vocational high schools toward an AI-convergence vocational education system.
For teachers, Ahn promised to introduce an “AI administrative secretary system” to cut routine work and create conditions that allow educators to concentrate on teaching.
The announcement follows a proposal Ahn made in February, when he called AI and semiconductor talent development “a future growth engine and a matter of survival” for South Korea. At the time, he presented a plan to establish 15 semiconductor future schools and a roadmap to train 100,000 people.
He also said in February he would build a talent belt connecting elementary, middle and high schools with universities, companies and local communities, and that Gyeonggi education would take the lead in training 100,000 semiconductor workers. Monday’s Science Day pledge again highlighted AI and semiconductors as core industry and education priorities for Gyeonggi education.
Ahn also included measures for vulnerable students, saying he would use AI as a “warm tool” for those left out. He pledged learning support for students from immigrant backgrounds through AI translation; distribution of customized assistive technology devices and AI programs for special education students; and an AI-based remote learning system and stronger learning-history management for students facing long-term hospitalization, including pediatric cancer patients.
“For South Korea’s future survival, Gyeonggi education must become the center of the talent supply,” Ahn said, adding that every child in the province should be able to develop their abilities on an equal foundation of public education regardless of family background or where they live.
He said he would not spare support for AI and science and technology education so that children raised in Gyeonggi can compete confidently on the global stage.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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