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Project Wigi(Korean: 프로젝트 위기) is an organization in South Korea that was formed in 2014 with the intent to lead education reforms directly by learners to restore education's role of raising human value. In the early days, it converged and studied discourse through holding large conferences and network parties. Recently, it has focused on forming culture rather than institutional change.

Wi-Gi-Ji-Hag
Wi-Gi-Ji-Hag(Korean: 위기지학 Chinese: 爲己之學) is a concept that comes from The Analects of Confucius, "The ancient scholars studied for their own improvement. Modern scholars study to impress others.", which means studying for revealing one's true self. This is contrasted by Wi-In-Ji-Hag(Korean: 위인지학 Chinese: 爲人之學), which means studying in order to be accepted by others. Confucius criticized the latter and claimed that the former is the essence of study. Jinu Baek, the director of Project Wigi, argued that studying for exams is a good example of studying to impress others which leads to competitive learning environment. Believing Wi-Gi-Ji-Hag to be the solution, the concept inspired the name and the logo of the organization.

Redefining Education
In general, education and school are regarded as similar concepts, but school is an institution and education is a human act, so the organization distinct the two concepts and focus on the latter. In an interview in 2016, Jinu Baek said that human beings share the thoughts of each other by the act of teaching learning, which is what we call education. On the other hand, it seems that education and school are not distinguished from the beginning of the organization.

Self-Centered Change
In the early days of the organization, it was considered that the Korean education system is to blame for hindering Wi-Gi-Ji-Hag. This resulted in holding various conferences with the idea of ​​how to reform such a system. However, it was found that the rules for university entrance examinations changed every year and the academic system was changed from time to time. It was concluded that it is difficult to reform educational through reforming the system. So, it now proposes a solution to change society through active learning individuals. In fact, Baek said that he does take a separate studying time before taking the exam, but he will take the test with his usual ability. In a related interview, he said, "If we accept the spirit of Wi-Gi-Ji-Hag and study for the purpose of personal education, our educational system may change."

Foundation
Jinu Baek, who liked literature during his school days, felt that the literature he studied at school was too mechanical. On November 21, 2014, Baek, who was in his third year of high school, attended 'Sebasi PAN 2014' in Jeju and criticized the education system that he could not study for himself and announced his plan for educational reform activities. So-young Roh, the director of Art Center Nabi, who was in the audience at the time, proposed that she would assist in organizing the group. Baek teamed up with five of his classmates who graduated from Gyeonggi Academy of Foreign Languages to establish the organization.

Foundation ~ February, 2016
Having felt frustration in the education focused on examinations when preparing College Scholastic Ability Test together, the team held a conference to talk with people in the educational field. In the first conference held on February 28, 2015, the team invited students, educators, and business personals as speakers. Business personals were invited to listen to decipher their view of talents, as their view would be important after college entrance. At the conference, Ji-Young Yeo, the former Human Resources director of SKT, said that the company does not want people who can only test well, and that the company does not have anybody to pick.