"Fostering Young Talent for the 4th Industrial Revolution... 6,300 Trained Over 4 Years"

Selection of 48 Educational Courses on Key 4th Industrial Revolution Technologies Including Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Computing

[Asia Economy Reporter Seulgina Jo] The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on the 6th that it has finalized the selection of a total of 48 training courses, including 8 new courses, for the 2021 Innovative Growth Youth Talent Intensive Training Project that supports job creation for young job seekers.

This project provides intensive training for 6 months (960 hours) in eight major technology fields of the 4th Industrial Revolution to unemployed youth under the age of 34 at specialized software education institutions, aiming to cultivate software practical talents who can be immediately deployed in the industry and support their employment linkage. This year, about 1,700 people will be trained, and a total of 6,300 people will be trained over four years.

The project started as a supplementary budget project in 2018 and has achieved the result of training 4,571 young practical talents over the past three years. Based on 2019, the employment rate of graduates was 70.2%, which far exceeds the average employment rate (49.8%) of government job seeker vocational training projects. The employment rate for 2020 will be compiled by the end of September.

The 48 training courses to be conducted this year consist of continuing courses and 8 new courses selected through the 2021 project announcement. The continuing support training courses include 40 courses in eight major technology fields (23 educational institutions) provided by Multi Campus (Artificial Intelligence field), Korea Radio Promotion Association (Cloud field), Dongguk University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation (Big Data field), etc. The recruitment of the first batch of trainees is currently underway.

The new support training courses were selected focusing on four fields?Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Big Data, and Blockchain?where student demand was particularly high. This year, a total of 27 training courses were applied for, showing a high competition rate of 3.4 to 1 on average. The second batch of trainees for the new courses will be recruited from mid-April. Industry-customized practical training will be conducted for six months starting early June.

Detailed information on trainee recruitment can be found on the Innovative Growth Youth Talent Intensive Training Project website (younginno.iitp.kr). Those wishing to take the courses can check the curriculum and location by educational institution and apply for their desired course.

Kim Jeong-sam, Director of Software Policy at the Ministry of Science and ICT, said, “We will continue to support the cultivation of professionals through project-based practical education demanded by the market so that our youth can lead the innovative growth of the 4th Industrial Revolution.”

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