Korea University of Technology and Education Celebrates 30th Anniversary, Leading Lifelong Vocational Skills Development

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] Korea University of Technology and Education (KOREATECH) announced on the 3rd that it held a 30th anniversary ceremony at its Byeongcheon 1 Campus in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do. KOREATECH was established in 1991 by the then Ministry of Labor to produce excellent training instructors to cultivate high-level skilled personnel.

Over the past 30 years, it has produced more than 15,000 graduates. According to the employment rate announced by the Ministry of Education earlier this year, KOREATECH's employment rate is 84.7%, ranking first among four-year universities nationwide.

The ceremony was attended by faculty, staff, students, Park Hwajin, Vice Minister of Employment and Labor, Uh Soobong, President of the Human Resources Development Service of Korea, and poet Jeong Hoseung. In his congratulatory speech, Vice Minister Park said, "KOREATECH has excellently supported the Ministry of Labor's training policies as a hub institution for vocational training over the past 30 years," and added, "We ask that you continue to strive to establish a lifelong vocational competency development system as a specialized educational institution and core talent development institution of the Ministry of Employment and Labor."

President Lee Sunggi said, "Building on 30 years of growth, we have established the vision of 'a global leading university in practical engineering education and lifelong vocational competency development,'" and added, "We will advance with relentless passion and bold challenges to establish ourselves as the best university globally beyond Korea."

At the ceremony, demonstrations of future technology research works such as shape-changing displays and autonomous swarm drones interacting with humans were also conducted.

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