Gwangjin-gu Supports Language Test Fees for Unemployed Youth

Real Cost Support for TOEIC, TOEIC Speaking, and OPIC Exams This Year for About 1,000 Unemployed Youth Aged 19-34 with Household Income Below 120% of Median Income

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Gwangjin-gu (Mayor Kim Seon-gap) is providing language test fee support to about 1,000 unemployed youths.

The 'Language Test Fee Support' is a newly launched project this year reflecting the current reality where language scores have become essential employment qualifications, aimed at providing practical assistance to unemployed youths preparing for employment.

The supported language tests conducted in 2022 include ▲TOEIC ▲TOEIC SPEAKING ▲OPIC, and unemployed youths can receive reimbursement for the test fee once a year.

Eligible applicants are unemployed youths aged between 19 and 34, who ▲are residents of Gwangjin-gu as per the resident registration on the application date ▲belong to households with income below 120% of the median income ▲have registered as job seekers at the Gwangjin-gu Job Center.

The support will be provided from March to December 2022, and applications can be submitted from the 1st to the 7th of each month. Applicants must submit the application form, confirmation letter, and language test score report via email or by visiting the Job Policy Division of Gwangjin-gu Office. Required common and specific documents can be checked on the Gwangjin-gu Office website.

For more details, please contact the Job Policy Division of Gwangjin-gu Office.

Kim Seon-gap, Mayor of Gwangjin-gu, stated, “We expect that revitalizing youth job-seeking activities will have a positive effect on promoting employment and creating jobs,” and added, “In these times when job-seeking has become more difficult due to COVID-19, we hope that the language test fee support will provide even a small help to the youths of Gwangjin-gu.”

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