Introduction:

Yesterday, a new educational curriculum was introduced in a Norwegian high school. This was classified under the term, 'eSports'. The school plans to start teaching the curriculum in August. We have seen Sweden also incorporate this into some of their school systems, but seeing as how the trend is growing, I decided to talk a little bit about what this means for the idea.

eSports in Schools:

Even though this is blowing up on the internet and in Norway, this isn't the first time a Norwegian secondary school is taking up on the idea. This is the second school in Norway that is trying to offer an eSports education. The one thing that makes this one different than the other one is that this school is featuring it as a 'special programme'. In Sweden, they first started to implement the idea on August 18th 2015, where the first class took place atArlandagymnasiet in Sigtuna, Sweden. The first school to introduce the full blown curriculum in Norway isGarnes High School, located in Bergen, Norway.

List of Main School per Country:

[INDENT]Garnes High SchoolArlanda GymnasietCampus Vejle HandelsgymnasietKedzierzynsko Kozielski Technical School[/INDENT]

The Goal and Background:

According toPetter Grahl, the curriculum is set to be on the same standards of mathematics and the sciences. The games that will be played at the school are DotA 2, Counter-Strike and League of Legends. The first class is set to have 30 students and the class will be split up into 2 groups. Roughly around half of the class will be sitting on the computer playing 1 of the 3 titles, while the other half will be doing physical exercise. The reason for this is because in place of this course, the physical education class will not be available to choose from. In other words, it's either eSports or physical education.The goal of having this course is to prepare students for real life. Now, as this may seem odd, the overall education part of the course is to get students to become team leaders, to build physical endurance for tournaments and other events that they might take part in later on in their life and to sharpen their focus for everyday tasks.

Conclusion:

This is a fairly new concept that will simply just have to be experimented to see if it will work in day-to-day schools across Scandinavia and soon Europe if it decides to grow and expand. Oh, and get this: The computers that the students will be using are going to be equipped with Nvidia GTX 980 Ti graphics cards. The only thing that the student will be required to bring is his or her own peripherals.*Thank you for reading and if you have any comments, suggestions or edits, please leave a comment below. =)**Picture taken from http://esports.inquirer.net