Gyeonggi Academy Of Foreign Language
Gyeonggi Academy of Foreign Languages, or GAFL (경기외국어고등학교, 京畿外國語高等學校) is a foreign language high school located in Uiwang-si, Gyeonggi Province, Korea. It is equipped with a student dormitory with its own dormitory inspectors as staff. It was originally established under the name of Myongji Foreign Language High School on March 2, 2004 by Myongji Foundation. It was run as Myongji Foreign Language High School for 5 years, but due to declining financial situation of Myongji Foundation, was taken over by Bong-ahm Institute in 2008. Consequently,Bong-ahm Institute changed the name of the school to the current name of Gyeonggi Academy of Foreign Languages, with changes in various areas, including the principal, school uniform, dormitory inspectors and operation of school cafeteria. Although it kept the original subjects, or "majors", GAFL changed its education curriculum to International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in 2011, the first Korean high school to do so. Currently, there are 6 years worth of graduates, with alumni spread over diverse universities, including domestically prominent SKY (universities) and various universities abroad.
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