Public high schools where "games" can be chosen in selected classes appear, candidates for play include League of Legends, Starcraft 2, etc.

ByLuke Hayfield

I think that there are people who have experienced secretly enduring Minesweeper with seclusion at the time of classes using computers at school. However, in a certain Norwegian high school, computer games are conducted as sports "E Sports"Will be included as part of the lesson, you will be able to play the game as much as you wish in class without worrying about the teacher's eyes.

First public high school in Norway to include esports in its core curriculum Dota Blast
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The public high school "Garnes Vidaregaande Skole (GVS)" in Bergen, on the west coast of Norway, announced that e-sports will be introduced into the class from August 2016. In the first place, e-sports is the name used to capture computer games played by multiple players as sports and competition, mainly competing using FPS, real-time strategies, fighting games, sports games, racing games etc. It refers to competition.

The e-sports classes that GVS starts are treated as one of the elective classes in the same way as conventional sports classes such as soccer and handball. The number of classes scheduled for about 30 people is planned, and we plan to keep about 5 hours of lessons per week for 3 years. In the case of vocational schools, etc., there are schools that conduct classes incorporating e-sports, but it is the world's first case that general high schools incorporate e-sports in class.


Also, students who choose e-sports classes do not simply spend lessons by playing games. Class hours include 90 minutes of physical training, which allows you to train reflexes, muscular strength, durability, etc. necessary for playing games. In addition, students who selected classes are divided in half, and when one side is playing a game, the other group performs physical training, and it seems to effectively utilize time and place.

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Of course, the school has its own classroom, which is supposed to be equipped with Nvidia's GeForce GTX 980Ti gaming high-spec PC and gaming chair, the official Facebook account of GVScommentIt is clear from. Also, each student will receive a dedicated mouse, keyboard, headset. GVS currently does not decide students to play games in the class. However, candidates are "Dota 2"League of Legends"Counter-Strike: Global Offensive"Starcraft II"Has been raised.

In addition, GVS creates and publishes the following kind of movie to excite e-sports classes starting from FY2016 - 2017.

GVS E-sport 2016/17 Teaser - YouTube


Petter Grahl Johnstad, director of science at GVS, said, "The grade is evaluated by the student's game knowledge, skills, communication skills, cooperative attitude with others, tactical ability, etc."DotaBlastI answer in an interview by.

In addition, in 2015 School of Sweden will also start class e - sportsAnnouncementdoing.