Gyeonggi-do Human Rights Center: "Excluding Remote Universities in Scholarship Selection is Discrimination"

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] A scholarship foundation in Gyeonggi Province has decided to expand the selection criteria starting this year after accepting the opinion that excluding students enrolled in distance universities such as Korea National Open University and cyber universities from the scholarship selection process was discriminatory.

The Gyeonggi Human Rights Center received a report last October stating that Foundation A's annual scholarship selection process excluded students from distance universities such as Korea National Open University and cyber universities, which was considered an act of discrimination, and conducted an ex officio investigation.

In response, Foundation A held an extraordinary meeting of the scholarship selection committee at the end of last year and revised the selection guidelines, including eligibility requirements and priorities for the 2022 scholarship selection, to include students enrolled in distance universities who had previously been excluded from the selection pool.

Foundation A explained that the reason for revising the selection guidelines was to expand equal opportunities for students by including distance university students in the scholarship selection starting in 2022.

A representative from the Human Rights Center said, "Before the investigation results were released, Foundation A took a proactive approach to resolve the issue to prevent misunderstandings that could arise from discriminatory acts, and this will serve as a good precedent."

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