Jeonju Youths Promote 'Fine Dust Solution Research Project'

Conducted with 40 students from Gijeon Girls' High School until October 12

Students of Jeonju Gijeon Girls' High School are discussing measures to improve fine dust. Photo by Jeonju City

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hong Jae-hee] Adolescents in Jeonju, Jeonbuk are promoting a 'solution research project' to improve air quality, including the increasingly severe fine dust problem.

On the 9th, Jeonju Yaho School announced that it will carry out a 'local issue research project' under the theme of 'Development of public transportation and alternative transportation activation services for air environment improvement' with 40 students from Gijeon Girls' High School until October 12.

This project is part of the SW service development project of the Jeonju Information and Culture Industry Promotion Agency, aimed at providing Jeonju adolescents with opportunities to take an interest in local issues and seek solutions, helping them grow into creative talents.

In the project, students are divided into seven teams of 5-6 members each, conducting a total of 15 activities including two camps, ten project sessions, two special lectures and expert meetings, and one presentation, with the goal of discovering public transportation and alternative mobility means.

To derive the final results, students will continue activities such as understanding the current status of air pollution, exploring cases of air environment improvement and conducting surveys, attending a special lecture on Hidden Grace's thesis, discovering social innovation ideas, writing short papers, and producing results.

The final results submitted by each team will be reviewed by experts so that local companies in the province can actually proceed with product development and commercialization. Through this process, students are expected to indirectly experience a kind of mock start-up process.

The city expects that through this local issue research project, adolescents will have opportunities to take an interest in local issues and pioneer the future of the region on their own.

A Jeonju city official said, "I hope this will be an opportunity for adolescents to develop affection and pride for the region through various activities to think about local issues and improve problems," adding, "Furthermore, we look forward to the day when the results proposed by students will be commercialized in the region in the future."