Learning Invention at Neulbom School - KIPO Listens to Voices from the Education Field and Experts
Expert Advisory Meeting for Invention Education at Neulbom School Held (June 18)
The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) announced that it will hold an expert advisory meeting on June 18 (Tuesday) at 2 PM at the Government Complex Daejeon (Seo-gu Daejeon) to discuss providing invention education at Neulbom School in line with the national initiative to address low birth rates through this program.*
Neulbom School is a system that provides comprehensive quality education and care services before and after regular elementary school hours for students who wish to participate.
This meeting aims to gather opinions from the education field and experts on several key issues:
Development and dissemination of competitive invention education programs for Neulbom School
Training and efficient management of personnel responsible for invention education
Establishing support systems and defining the roles of the government and private sectors
Participants will include invention education officials from schools and provincial education offices and the discussions will inform policies to expand invention education centered on Neulbom Schools in elementary schools.
KIPO has been actively collaborating with the Ministry of Education and other relevant agencies to expand invention education and cultivate creative talents. They have also initiated research on the development direction of invention education programs for Neulbom School.
In the second half of 2024 KIPO plans to establish and operate job training courses at the International Intellectual Property Training Institute for personnel responsible for invention education at Neulbom Schools. They will also conduct pilot invention education programs in some Neulbom Schools in Daejeon in collaboration with the Daejeon Metropolitan Office of Education. Additionally with the expansion of Neulbom School to include second-grade students in 2025 KIPO will develop dedicated invention education programs for first and second graders.
Mok Sung-ho Director General of the Industrial Property Policy Bureau at KIPO stated In the face of challenges like declining birth rates and an aging population which reduce the working population expanding invention and creativity education is essential for sustained economic growth and value creation. He added KIPO will continue to strive to help elementary students develop various skills required by future society such as creativity critical thinking and collaboration through invention education at Neulbom School.
