Seoul Technical High School Holds Integrated Classes with Malaysian Teachers, Expanding Global Vocational Education Exchanges

[Financial News] Seoul Technical High School will invite in-service teachers from Malaysia to run a global vocational and world citizenship education program linked to its regular curriculum.
According to SMOE on the 26th, Seoul Technical High School will operate a subject-language integrated project class for 12 weeks from the 28th to November 20, inviting two in-service teachers from Malaysia under a program hosted by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and organized by the Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU).
Seoul Technical High School has expanded the invited teacher program beyond a one-time event into a sustained educational cooperation network with overseas schools. Building on ties with a teacher dispatched through the same program in 2017, the school signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Keningau Vocational College (KVC) in Malaysia and has continued joint participation in robotics competitions and mutual visits.
Designated this year as a leading school for international joint classes, Seoul Technical High School is currently running live online project-based vocational training with KVC under the theme "Smart Solutions for a Better Life." On September 1-2, eight teachers and 13 students from KVC will visit the school for face-to-face exchanges and project presentations, and the two newly assigned invited teachers will also take part in the exchange.
The school is also operating a "global language exchange program" that began with a proposal from a teacher at Beaufort Vocational College, who was invited last year. The program, in which 10 tourism students from Beaufort Vocational College and students from Seoul Technical High School's international exchange club participate online, completed its first session in July and is scheduled for a second session in November.
Since starting exchanges with the Philippines in 2016, Seoul Technical High School has continued its engagement with major Asian countries by running online exchange study groups with countries such as Thailand and Mongolia during the COVID-19 pandemic. The two teachers invited this time will spend 12 weeks conducting collaborative classes with major subject teachers and Korean teachers, teaching after-school foreign language and global citizenship education, and advising clubs.
Principal Kang Sang-wook of Seoul Technical High School said, "The connections that began through meetings with invited teachers have led to school-to-school MOUs, joint classes and student exchanges, becoming the foundation for sustained international education." He added, "We will also create meaningful classes with the newly meeting Malaysian invited teachers this year so that students can understand each other's cultures and learn together."

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