Assemblyman Yoon Young-deok: "Local Universities' Crisis Must Be Solved Through Regional Cooperation"

Attendance at the Policy Meeting on "Regional Balance and the Crisis of Local Universities"

Rep. Yoon: "I Will Do My Best to Serve as a Bridge Between Central and Local Governments"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Yoon Youngdeok, a member of the National Assembly (Democratic Party of Korea·Gwangju Dongnam-gap), stated that the local community must work together to solve the crisis of regional universities.

On the 4th, Yoon attended the policy seminar titled “Regional Balance and the Crisis of Regional Universities” held in Daegu and emphasized, “To overcome the urgent crisis facing local communities, local governments, education offices, and regional universities must all join forces and respond together.”

The policy seminar, hosted by the Daegu civic group Sosul Forum and the Regional Balanced Development Forum, was conducted with a keynote speech by Ryu Jangho, Executive Director of the Kyungil University Corporation Office.

Attendees included Park Sangwoo (Professor of Economics at Kyungpook National University), the permanent representative of the Regional Balanced Development Forum, Yang Eunsook, representative of the civic group Sosul Forum, and officials from eight universities including Kyungpook National University, Yeungnam University, Keimyung University, Kyungil University, Daegu University, Daegu Gyeongbuk University, and Andong National University.

Yoon said, “In this year’s university entrance exam, 78% of universities located in Yeongnam and Honam regions fell short of their admission quotas,” adding, “The crisis of regional universities is essentially a crisis of the region, and the collapse of regional universities can lead to the collapse of the local community.”

He also stated, “In the case of Gwangju Metropolitan City, the city, city council, city education office, and 17 universities in the region have formed a ‘University Development Cooperation Group’ to unite efforts to overcome the crisis of regional universities,” and emphasized, “I hope that the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions will also come together to find answers to overcome the crisis of regional universities.”

He added, “In the National Assembly, I will do my best to serve as a bridge connecting the central government, including the Ministry of Education, and local areas to overcome the crisis of regional universities.”

Meanwhile, universities in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions have set plans to establish the ‘Daegu·Gyeongbuk Innovation University’ to build employment and settlement conditions for outstanding local talent through a cooperative system between local governments and universities, and are putting all their efforts into the Ministry of Education’s second round of the ‘Local Government-University Cooperation-Based Regional Innovation Platform (RIS) Project’ competition.

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