
Expansion of operation of ‘Ieum School’, a railroad experience-based education and care program for elementary school students
Korea Railroad Corporation signed a business agreement with Daejeon Dong-gu Office and Woosong University to operate 'Korail Joint School', a railroad experience-based education and care program for elementary school students, and promotes target expansion and regional expansion.
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After operating lower elementary school courses last year, KORAIL is expanding its target audience this year in line with the government's 'Elementary Care for the Whole Neighborhood' policy.
(Daejeon = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Jun-ho = Korea Railroad Corporation (KORAIL) announced on the 6th that it signed a business agreement with Daejeon Dong-gu Office and Woosong University at its Daejeon headquarters to operate the 'KORAIL Joint School'.
Ieum School is KORAIL's community-based social contribution project that provides free experiential education and care programs based on railroads to elementary school students.
According to the agreement, KORAIL will oversee the operation of programs such as railway education content development and instructor training, and Dong-gu Office will be in charge of discovering sources of demand for care and linking between institutions. Woosong University trains students in railway-related departments to become instructors and is in charge of field classes.
Following last year's operation of lower elementary school courses, KORAIL is expanding the target audience to upper grades and providing customized education for each age group this year in line with the government's 'Elementary Care for the Whole Neighborhood' policy.
Next year, based on the operational experience accumulated in Daejeon and Gyeonggi, we plan to expand the business to the Gwangju, Jeollanam-do region and begin pilot training with the railway department of local universities.
KORAIL CEO Kim Tae-seung said, “We will expand the value of railways, which has connected people and regions, to education and care, and deliver new learning and experiences to children.”
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Next year, pilot training will be conducted together with the railway department of a local university in Gwangju, Jeollanam-do.
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