Seoul Scholarship Foundation Provides 300 Million KRW in Scholarships to Descendants of Independence Patriots up to Great-Grandchildren

300 Million Won Support for 100 University Students Descended from Independence Patriots (4th to 6th Generation)

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Scholarship Foundation announced on the 29th that it will select 100 university students who are great-grandchildren or further descendants (4th to 6th generation) of independence activists and provide them with scholarships. Under current laws, educational support has only been available up to grandchildren, making great-grandchildren and beyond a blind spot in receiving state educational assistance.

The Seoul Scholarship Foundation's scholarship for descendants of independence activists was established to maintain a stable academic environment for the descendants of those who devoted themselves to Korea's independence, to promote the honor of independence activists, and to provide appropriate recognition. Selected scholarship recipients will receive a total of 3 million KRW annually, divided into two payments of 1.5 million KRW each, as academic encouragement funds.

Eligibility for the scholarship requires being a great-grandchild or further descendant (4th to 6th generation) of an independence activist (patriots who died for the country or patriotic martyrs), and being a university student enrolled in a university located in Seoul or a Seoul citizen attending a university outside Seoul. However, students in their final regular semester as of the first semester of 2022, those exceeding the standard number of semesters, or those on leave of absence are excluded.

This year, the scholarship program for descendants of independence activists added academic performance scores to the evaluation criteria during the document screening stage, which previously only considered economic factors, selecting 1.2 times the number of available spots.

Lee Dae-hyun, Acting Chairman, stated, “This is a responsibility that local governments must undertake to honor the families of independence activists who sacrificed for the nation and had difficulty properly caring for their children, as well as to support the children of these activists who face challenges continuing their studies due to educational expenses.” He added, “We will continue to identify and support students who remain in the blind spots of educational support.”

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