S-1 said on the 25th that school security, which had been limited to detecting intrusions by outsiders when faculty and staff were absent, is evolving into a comprehensive safety solution that now also manages facility operations, user safety, and the condition of equipment.
According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's "2025 national grassroots sports survey," the share of people who participate in grassroots sports at least once a week for 30 minutes or more rose 2.2 percentage points from a year earlier to 62.9%. In contrast, 31.3% of respondents cited "lack of access to sports facilities" as the reason for not participating regularly in physical activity.
Against this backdrop, school gymnasiums are drawing attention as an alternative venue for local grassroots sports, and facility openings are expanding. However, opening gymnasiums at night and on weekends requires entry control and the ability to respond to safety incidents, and the difficulty of securing separate personnel for this has been cited as a hurdle.
In response, S-1 is assembling school safety solutions that include an unmanned gymnasium management system that controls entry, opening and closing, lighting, and HVAC; an intelligent school safety package that detects risky situations during opening hours; and "Blue Scan," an IoT solution that checks for equipment abnormalities.
The Gunpo-Uiwang Office of Education has already piloted S-1's unmanned gymnasium management system at three schools under its jurisdiction. Based on the pilot results, it plans to review expanding the system to other schools in the area.
An S-1 official said, "Schools are becoming not only places where students learn but also everyday infrastructure used by local residents," and added, "For facility openings to continue stably, an operating system must support not only entry control but also checks on user safety and equipment condition."