Opening of the 'SW Future Filling Center' in Gwangju to foster digital talent

[Anchor]
The government is expanding its educational foundation to cultivate digital key talents.

The Future Filling Center, which teaches artificial intelligence and software to local students, has also opened in Gwangju Metropolitan City.

I'm reporter Oh Sun-yeol.

[Reporter]
Model trucks drive autonomously and automatically load and move goods.

When you operate a tank in a laptop game, the actual tank robot moves and performs its mission.

It is an experience space using advanced technologies such as metaverse, AI, and virtual reality.

[Kim Ji-hong / Director of ICT Convergence Headquarters, Gwangju Information and Culture Industry Promotion Agency: It is a place where not only students but also ordinary citizens can experience and receive software education, and software instructors who teach software develop curriculum here....]

The Software Future Filling Center, which provides artificial intelligence and software education to elementary, middle and high school students, has opened in Gwangju.

More than 10,000 people will be educated every year through future technology experience and digital professional instructor training.

[Hwang Kyu-chul / Software Policy Officer, Ministry of Science and ICT: It will be a new driving force for Gwangju to become a future-oriented city in connection with Gwangju's high-tech industrial infrastructure while meeting the public demand and expectations for digital education.]

The Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education plans to provide students with various digital education and run visiting software classes.

[Lee Jung-sun / Gwangju Superintendent of Education: We are investing more for future education than any other project, and we will work harder to distribute software and AI to our region by cultivating many great talents.]

Attention is focusing on whether the Software Future Filling Center, which has been established in 13 regions to bridge the digital education gap, will play a big role in nurturing future talent.

This is YTN Osunyeol.