Guaranteeing Learning Rights for Disabled College Students... University Applications Open for 'Disabled Student Support Center'

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[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The Ministry of Education will support expenses for assistive devices, remote program operations, and educational support personnel necessary for school life to ensure the learning rights of students with disabilities in universities (graduate schools).

On the 4th, the Ministry of Education and the National Institute for Lifelong Education announced that they will accept applications for the "University Disability Student Support Center Operation Support Project" to provide convenience for students with disabilities from today until April 1st.

Starting this year, the existing Educational Activity Support Project and Remote Class Attendance Support Project have been integrated to comprehensively support the guarantee of learning rights. Reflecting amendments to the Special Education Act for Persons with Disabilities, support for students with disabilities will be strengthened by raising the support standard amounts and expanding the support content compared to last year.

The support standard amount for educational support personnel wages for students with disabilities is adjusted upward by 10% and 3% compared to the previous year, with ▲general personnel at 11,000 KRW and ▲specialized personnel at 32,000 KRW. The support standard amount for remote program operation costs such as subtitle production and text interpretation has also been increased by 10% to 11 million KRW per subject compared to last year.

To secure specialized personnel such as stenographers or sign language interpreters to support students, the "specialized personnel monthly salary system," which allows concurrent duties at the specialized support and disability student support centers, will also be supported. Considering the type and degree of disability, if necessity is recognized, the support standards will be improved to allow multiple educational support personnel to be assigned to students with disabilities.

Support for universities to equip assistive devices has been improved to cover various areas such as mobility support, learning space creation support, and individual support, in addition to supporting remote classes for students with disabilities. Up to 15 million KRW per school will be supported, and additionally, up to 5 million KRW per student and up to two students per school will be supported individually until graduation.

Expenses incurred for pre-education of educational support personnel will be supported up to 1.1 million KRW per school. To discover various necessary self-initiated projects such as supplementing learning deficits and student exchanges, pilot support for autonomous university projects will also be conducted. Support ranges from 3 million KRW to 30 million KRW through a public contest.

Universities wishing to participate in the Disability Student Support Center Operation Support Project can apply to the dedicated institution, the National Institute for Lifelong Education. Budgets will be allocated to each university after eligibility screening based on the project plan.

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