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Digital Tutor Training Centers — South Korea's Nationwide Programme to Support Teachers in AI-Based Classrooms

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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 73% 40/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

South Korea's Ministry of Education and KOFAC run six regional Digital Tutor centers that will train 1,400 personnel in 2026 to help teachers run AI-based classes; an earlier cohort reported 90.7% teacher satisfaction and an 89.4% drop in device-management workload.

90.7% %
Teacher satisfaction with digital tutor support
89.4% %
Teachers reporting reduced device-management workload
800 → 1,400
Tutors trained, 2024 → 2026

Details

Maturity
Scaling
Promoter
Ministry of Education (Republic of Korea) & Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity (KOFAC)
Period
2024–2026 (ongoing)
Keywords
teacher support, AI-based classrooms, digital tutors, public education, ICT infrastructure

Context

South Korea's Ministry of Education and the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity (KOFAC) run a national 'Digital Tutor' programme that trains personnel to help classroom teachers manage technology and support students during AI-based lessons.

Activities

The programme began recruiting roughly 800 trainees across five regions in 2024; for 2026 it selected six regional Digital Tutor Training Centers, aiming to train 1,000 new tutors plus 400+ returning ones — 1,400 in total. Training runs on two tracks: KOFAC delivers remote 'basic training' while regional centers deliver in-person practical training, each funded at roughly 300 million Korean won a year.

Results

The Ministry reports that teachers who worked with digital tutors in an earlier cohort gave the support high marks: 90.7% satisfaction, and 89.4% said it reduced their device-management workload.

Conclusions

That evidence is programme-reported rather than independently verified, and should be read alongside a Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union survey of 2,626 teachers finding 98.5% considered earlier AI-textbook training inadequate — the Digital Tutor programme is one of the Ministry's responses to that capacity gap, not a claim that the gap is closed.

Implementation
Indicative cost
High (€500k–€5M) — Each regional center is funded at roughly 300 million Korean won (~USD 220,000) a year.
Time to results
Long (> 3 years) — Running since 2024, with a recurring annual training cycle continuing through 2026.
Staffing & skills
Ministry of Education (Republic of Korea), Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity (KOFAC), six regional Digital Tutor Training Centers

Conditions for success

  • Two-track training model combining remote theory and in-person regional practice
  • Sustained annual government funding per regional center

Common failure modes

  • Independent union survey found 98.5% of teachers considered earlier AI-textbook training inadequate
  • Uneven teacher AI proficiency and ageing infrastructure persist in classrooms

Where it fits

Governance type
national ministry programme
Scale
6 regions nationwide
Income level
high income

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