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| Background of Discussion


This session invites education ministers to examine the potential of digital education in bridging the education gap through various countries' perspectives and cases. It also explores the role of teachers as agents of classroom innovation in collaboration with technology, and discusses policy implications and support measures for sustainable implementation of the new approach.


| Session Objectives

This session aims to...

1. Explore how emerging technologies, including AI, may enhance or hinder education equity and quality

2. Share promising practices and lessons learned about how AI transforms education through personalized learning to enhance inclusive and equitable quality education

3. Discuss the evolving roles of key education stakeholders, such as teachers, students, leaders, parents and industry partners, in the context of innovative AI-supported classrooms 

4. Share and envision effective education policies and strategies (technology infrastructure, hardware and systems, professional development, curriculum and assessment reforms, learner support, and partnership) to drive and support AI-supported teaching and learning

| Discussion Points

1

Classroom Revolution with AI: Public Education Systems for Inclusive and Equitable Quality Learning for All

Discuss how emerging technologies such as AI will transform the future of education with respect to equity and quality, identifying the challenges that future education will face, and exploring educational policies and support measures to take up opportunities of emerging technologies and address challenges.

2

The Future Classroom and the Evolving Roles of Key Stakeholders

Discuss the evolving roles of key stakeholders in the innovative future classroom, including teachers, students, leaders, parents, industry partners, and AI, and explore strategies and actionable plans to facilitate effective partnerships and engagements among these stakeholders.

| Speaker

[Moderator]

Susan Hopgood

Former President of Education International(EI)

Session Intro

Key Contents

Innovation in Educational Governance and Finance


This session examines the problems of the current system in which superintendents of education and provincial governors are elected separately, and explores possible alternatives.


It critically reviews the imbalance in educational spending—where per capita investment in primary and secondary education exceeds the OECD average, while spending on higher and lifelong education remains below it—and discusses policy responses.


  2. 1
    Should Superintendents and Governors Be Elected Separately?

    - Highlights the rationale behind holding separate elections for provincial governors and superintendents of education.

    - Critically examines whether students and parents should be regarded as distinct stakeholders from the general electorate.


  2. 2
    Should Earmarked Local Finance Subsidy Be Maintained in the Era of Population Decline?
    - Compares the historical pros and cons of maintaining segregated education finances.

    - Discusses the reversal in per capita spending between primary/secondary education and higher education, and explores possible solutions.


  2. 3
    Exploring the Potential for Integration Between Local Autonomy and Local Educational Autonomy
    - Investigates the fundamental goals of educational autonomy and whether they are being fulfilled in today’s context.

    - Explores ways to build collaborative governance that includes diverse stakeholders.

[Moderator]

Jung-Soo Park 

Vice President at Ewha Womans University 

[Presenter]

Hag-Soo Kim 

Senior Research Fellow at the Korea Development Institute (KDI)

[Panel]

Young-Chul Kim 

Professor of Economics at Sogang University 

[Panel]

Hyun-Seok Shin 

Professor of Education at Korea University 

[Panel]

Won-Hak Lee 

Senior Research Fellow of the Kangwon Research Institute