2025 School Esports Forum will be held with Rep. Kang Yoo-jung at the National Assembly on the 27th

Feb 09, 2025

2025 School Esports Forum will be held with Rep. Kang Yoo-jung at the National Assembly on the 27th



The Korea Esports Association will hold the '2025 School Esports Forum' with Rep. Kang Yoo-jung of the Democratic Party of Korea at 2 p.m. on the 27th at the 3rd Seminar Room of the National Assembly Hall.

This '2025 School Esports Forum' aims to enhance the sustainability of the e-sports industry by establishing a foundation for e-sports activities within the educational institution system to foster talent in e-sports. It will be a place to collect opinions from the educational community and academia for the introduction of e-sports in schools.

Professor Park Sung-hee of Good Sports (Korea University of Foreign Studies) will first present the results of research on the feasibility of introducing e-sports in schools and establishing strategies, followed by Kim Philosophical, secretary-general of the Korea e-Sports Association, to introduce the "2025 School e-Sports Support Project". After that, institutional representatives will discuss ways to introduce e-sports in schools.




The first presentation, 「Results of research on the feasibility of introducing esports in schools and establishing strategies」 sheds light on the educational value of esports as a new leisure and sports activity of the digital native generation, and introduces the current status of esports used in education and learning sites such as middle and high schools at home and abroad. In addition, based on a survey of middle and high school teachers, academia, and e-sports industry experts, we will propose ways to introduce e-sports in schools.

The second announcement, 「2025 School e-Sports Support Project Promotion Plan」, will introduce a plan to introduce e-sports activities in schools to convert students' game activities into sports activities rather than just entertainment activities, and to establish a healthy culture with various educational values.

Later, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Korea Sports Council's School Sports Committee, Korea University, Hwaseong Human Resources Development Foundation, Asia Esports Industry Support Center, Gonmyeong Middle School, Sangnok High School, Korea Digital Media High School, Eunpyeong Meditech High School, Youth Career Support Center, School e-Sports Promotion Committee, and parents of e-sports students will participate in the forum.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.