Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education, 2nd Term 'Dream Workshop' Operation

The "1st Dream Workshop" - Global Food Culture Experience held at Gwangju University in the first half of this year. Photo by Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Cho Hyung-joo] The Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education will operate the 2nd term of the ‘Dream Workshop’ for 4 weeks from October 18 to November 12, targeting 1st and 2nd-year high school students in the district.

According to the Office of Education on the 19th, the ‘Dream Workshop’ is a ‘high school-university linkage program’ that allows students to directly take lectures at local universities suitable for their career and college admission goals.

It will be operated with a total of 42 courses at 11 universities (Gwangju National University of Education, Gwangju University, Gwangju Health University, Gwangju Women’s University, Nambu University, Dongshin University, Chonnam National University, Chosun University, Chodang University, Korea Polytechnic University, Honam University).

Applications for courses are accepted until the 23rd, and if the number of applicants exceeds the capacity, participants will be selected by random drawing. Each course consists of a total of 16 sessions, and students who attend at least 11 sessions, which is 70% of the course, can have their attendance recorded in their school life records.

Meanwhile, the Office of Education operated the 1st term of the ‘Dream Workshop’ in the first half of this year using both face-to-face and non-face-to-face methods. It offered 38 courses at 10 universities, with a total of 596 students enrolled. According to a survey conducted after the program, 98.9% of students responded that they were ‘satisfied’.

Lee Hye-rim, the university admission support officer of the Secondary Education Division at the Office of Education, said, “Students who participated in the 1st term of the ‘Dream Workshop’ were able to explore careers suitable for themselves through university lectures,” and added, “We hope that many students will take an interest in and participate in the 2nd term of the ‘Dream Workshop’ and have a meaningful time.”