Osan City Concludes Memorandum of Understanding with 7 Future Industry Organizations on Establishment of Segyo Software High School

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Osan City and the Hwaseong-Osan Office of Education, Gyeonggi Province signed a memorandum of understanding on the 11th at the City Hall Situation Room with the Korea Productivity Center, Ewha Womans University Future Education Research Institute, and other future industry-related organizations and Osan educational institutions for the ‘Establishment Initiative of (Tentatively Named) Segyo Software High School for Building an AI-Based Special City and Fostering AI Expert Talent.’

Seven future industry-related organizations—the Korea Productivity Center, Sigong Tech Co., Ltd., Ajou University New Industry Convergence Technology Research Center, Korea Blockchain Industry Association, Ewha Womans University Future Education Research Institute, Forum for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Future Education, and the Osan Chamber of Commerce and Industry—will establish a joint promotion system with related educational institutions including the Gyeonggi Province Office of Education, Osan Office of Education Support, and Osan Education Foundation for fostering AI convergence talent.

According to the memorandum, the initiatives include ▲establishing collaborative projects for nurturing convergence talent in future industrial society, ▲linking specialized high school career and vocational pathways through industry-government-academic cooperation, ▲promoting mutual work exchange and joint implementation for activating specialized high school career and vocational education, and ▲operating customized career and vocational education for individual students and supporting employment matching with industry.

Osan Mayor Kwak Sang-wook stated, “Once Segyo Software High School is established in the future, we will be able to nurture specialized talent demanded in future industry sectors,” and added, “We plan to provide continuous cooperation with related agencies and administrative support to realize customized education curricula so that the school establishment proceeds smoothly and students' choices for career and vocational paths can expand.”

Congressman Ahn Min-seok said, “Since convergence education is essential for the coming future, we will establish an AI software school to make Osan a hub for AI and the Fourth Industrial Revolution,” and continued, “We will foster talent that imagines freely without fear of failure.”