Park Hwajin, Vice Minister of Employment and Labor, "37 Additional Institutions Selected for K-Digital Training"
Goal to Train 180,000 Digital Talents Over 5 Years
Additional Selection Including Grep... Providing Opportunities to 3,496 People
Naver, KakaoPay, Socar, and Others Participate in Training
[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] The number of institutions participating in the government's digital practical talent training policy, 'K-Digital Training,' has increased by 37, allowing 3,496 people to participate.
On the 2nd, Park Hwajin, Vice Minister of Employment and Labor, visited Grep, a software program development company participating in K-Digital Training, and announced this fact. Vice Minister Park stated, "In January, we held an additional public recruitment for this year's K-Digital Training courses, and as of the 31st of last month, 37 institutions and 52 courses, including Grep, Moduui Yeonguso, Gooreum, TeamSparta Co., Ltd., and Multicampus, were newly selected, enabling 3,496 people to participate." On the same day, Vice Minister Park experienced the autonomous driving training course and communicated with trainees. The competition rate for Grep trainees was 9:1.
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The goal of K-Digital Training is to cultivate 20,000 digital practical talents this year and 180,000 over five years. Private training institutions such as Grep and Woohantech Course, as well as leading companies like Naver, KakaoPay, and Socar, are participating. Trainees receive training by solving practical problems presented by companies in a project-based manner. In September of last year, 43 training providers were selected, and the program has been in full operation since November of that year. Additional training course recruitment is planned within this year. Young people who wish to participate must apply for the National Tomorrow Learning Card issuance through the Job Training Portal or local employment and labor offices.
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