KB Kookmin Bank Holds 'Youth Mentor KB!' Career Club Ontact Launch Ceremony

KB Kookmin Bank Supports the Dreams and Hopes of Youth!

Jung Moon-chul, Head of the Brand ESG Group at KB Kookmin Bank (left), and Kim Seong-geun, Director of the Career Education Policy Division at the Ministry of Education, are posing for a commemorative photo at the launch ceremony of the 3rd "Youth Mentor KB!" Career Club held on the 13th at the Hi Seoul Youth Hostel in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kangwook Cho] KB Kookmin Bank announced on the 14th that it held the 3rd launch ceremony of the 'Youth Mentor KB!' career club, with the participation of over 200 high school students nationwide, through an Ontact event.

The launch ceremony held at the Hi Seoul Youth Hostel in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, was attended by Jeong Mooncheol, Head of KB Kookmin Bank Brand ESG Group, Kim Seonggeun, Director of Career Education Policy at the Ministry of Education, and other officials. Due to COVID-19, students participated via video conferencing using computers or mobile phones.

The 'Career Club' is a subject-experience type career mentoring project that started in 2018. Through official notices from the Ministry of Education, a total of 50 autonomous high school clubs are selected. Currently, programs reflecting career trends in three major fields (4th Industry/ Humanities and Social Sciences/ Culture and Arts) are being conducted. At the end of the year, a performance presentation will be held, and a total of 6 million KRW in scholarships will be awarded to three outstanding clubs.

Student Lee Junwoo, who participated in this launch ceremony, said, "While participating in a club related to the 4th industry, I experienced inconvenience due to a lack of engineering knowledge, but through this opportunity, I want to learn Arduino, VR, and AR technologies that I was usually lacking and solve questions together with my friends."

Jeong Mooncheol, Head of KB Kookmin Bank Brand ESG Group, stated, "Although everyone is facing an unfamiliar environment due to COVID-19 for the first time, I send strong applause to the students participating in the 'Youth Mentor KB!' career club who are passionately challenging new things to achieve their dreams."

KB Kookmin Bank signed a business agreement with the Ministry of Education in 2015 to activate the middle school free semester system and support youth career education, and supports various youth mentoring projects.

Meanwhile, KB Financial Group, including KB Financial Group Holdings and KB Kookmin Bank, established the KB Financial Public Interest Foundation by uniting all affiliates' intentions to continuously provide economic and financial education for youth. The group is conducting various projects at the group level as mentors supporting the dreams and hopes of young people.

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