Ministry of Education and Science and Technology, Korean Intellectual Property Office Sign MOU at Suwon Samil Technical High School

The Ministry of Education and Science and Technology (Minister Lee Ju-ho) and the Korean Intellectual Property Office (Director Kim Ho-won) signed a "Specialized and Meister High School Intellectual Property Education Strengthening Cooperation MOU" at Suwon Samil Technical High School on the 20th.

The event was attended by Kim Eung-gwon, First Vice Minister of the Ministry of Education and Science and Technology; Kim Ho-won, Director of the Korean Intellectual Property Office; Lee Jin-seok, Vice Superintendent of Education of Gyeonggi Province; Park Gun-soo, President of the International Patent Research Institute; Cho Eun-young, Vice President of the Korean Intellectual Property Association; and Lee Tae-hwa, Vice President of SKC, among others.

According to the agreement, both organizations plan to strengthen invention and intellectual property education programs so that students at specialized and meister high schools can develop into knowledge workers who lead innovation in industrial settings.

They will also actively explore excellent cases related to invention and intellectual property education, including class models, evaluation models, and teacher training. The Korean Intellectual Property Office plans to expand the number of designated invention and patent specialized high schools from four this year to seven next year.

A Korean Intellectual Property Office official said, "We will be able to nurture specialized high school students as knowledge workers equipped with innovation capabilities, not just as simple skilled workers."