‘The Student Orchestra Project’ started in 2011 as a part of the ‘school arts education project’ lead by the Ministry of Education. The project is intended for elementary, middle, and high schools, and currently in 2013, total of 400 schools in Korea are funded by the Ministry of Education. Initially founded as a program to play a pivotal role in school art education programs, it helps the students experience activities in diverse genres of art under the public education system. The format is similar to that of Venezuela’s "El Sistema", but ‘The Student Orchestra Project’ is a bit different from El Sistema in the sense that it not only embraces wandering children, it also brings back those kids to schools where they belong, and provide each of them with opportunities to experience art.