Teen Bizcool Re-organized to Focus on Learning by Making
- Division
- International Cooperation Division
- Date
- 2019.02.08
- Writer
- 박강범
- Headline
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) and Korea Institute of Start-up and Entrepreneurship Development (KISED) plan to designate about 400 schools as Bizcools this year to support them with organizing a wide range of activities involving training on startups & economy, learning through problem solving, startup clubs, and specialist lectures.
Once designated as a Bizcool, each school will be financially supported to cover the material, activity, and lecturer costs for effectively providing textbooks on entrepreneurship and running startup clubs. Each school will given a project grant from KRW 4 million to 100 million.
"Teen Bizcool Support Project" is a program that was first launched in 2002 to help teenagers design their future and become creative talents by learning about entrepreneurship, simulating startups, developing the challenger spirit, and honing their problem-solving skills. The total project budget for the year 2019 is KRW 7.6 billion.
Bizcool is a compound word of "business" and "school," which is designed for teaching business management at school.
This year, Teen Bizcool was reorganized to shift its focus from theoretical education to learning by making.
Out of the classroom, a total of one million teenagers (per year) will be encouraged to make their own robot, drone, and Arduino, which are often considered as the new cornerstones of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, by partaking in a makerspace and a touring class.
It is expected that Generation Z can show off their talents and make their dreams come true through the Teen Bizcool Support Project.
Taking into account the advice from the Bizcool lecturers, the project will be on a two-year basis instead of one. After evaluating the project performance in the first year, you will be considered for extension in the second year.
Such changes have been made through in-depth discussions at the four specialist forums last year. University professors, Bizcool lecturers, and specialists from Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade (KIET), National Youth Policy Institute (NYPI), Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training (KRIVET), Korea Institute of Start-up and Entrepreneurship Development (KISED), and Korea Entrepreneurship Foundation (KOEF) have participated in these forums.
Once designated as a Bizcool, each school will be financially supported to cover the material, activity, and lecturer costs for effectively providing textbooks on entrepreneurship and running startup clubs. Each school will given a project grant from KRW 4 million to 100 million.
"Teen Bizcool Support Project" is a program that was first launched in 2002 to help teenagers design their future and become creative talents by learning about entrepreneurship, simulating startups, developing the challenger spirit, and honing their problem-solving skills. The total project budget for the year 2019 is KRW 7.6 billion.
Bizcool is a compound word of "business" and "school," which is designed for teaching business management at school.
This year, Teen Bizcool was reorganized to shift its focus from theoretical education to learning by making.
Out of the classroom, a total of one million teenagers (per year) will be encouraged to make their own robot, drone, and Arduino, which are often considered as the new cornerstones of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, by partaking in a makerspace and a touring class.
It is expected that Generation Z can show off their talents and make their dreams come true through the Teen Bizcool Support Project.
Taking into account the advice from the Bizcool lecturers, the project will be on a two-year basis instead of one. After evaluating the project performance in the first year, you will be considered for extension in the second year.
Such changes have been made through in-depth discussions at the four specialist forums last year. University professors, Bizcool lecturers, and specialists from Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade (KIET), National Youth Policy Institute (NYPI), Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training (KRIVET), Korea Institute of Start-up and Entrepreneurship Development (KISED), and Korea Entrepreneurship Foundation (KOEF) have participated in these forums.