Seoul City Council Chairman Kim Hyun-gi Promotes Attraction of Semiconductor Meister High School

Kim Hyun-ki, Chairperson of the Seoul Metropolitan Council, Signs Agreement with Seoul City and Education Office to Attract Semiconductor Meister High School

Kim Hyun-ki, Chairperson of the Seoul Metropolitan Council, signed an agreement on the 20th with Seoul City and the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education to attract a semiconductor Meister high school.

This agreement was pursued to attract a semiconductor Meister high school to Seoul.

Currently, the Ministry of Education is accepting nationwide applications for the designation of 3 to 4 Meister high schools specializing in semiconductor and digital fields. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education is preparing to designate Hwikyung Technical High School, located in Dongdaemun-gu, as a semiconductor Meister high school. The designation announcement is scheduled for July.

According to the agreement, the Seoul Metropolitan Council, Seoul City, and the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education will cooperate on ▲supporting the establishment and operation of semiconductor Meister high schools (industry-demand customized high schools) ▲strengthening cooperation in career and vocational education for Seoul students in new technologies of the 4th industrial revolution ▲supporting job matching between local excellent companies and youth.

Chairperson Kim Hyun-ki opened by saying, “I graduated from the National Railroad High School 50 years ago. It is exactly what is now called a Meister high school. The talents trained back then blossomed into the current railroad industry’s highlights such as KTX and SRT.”

He continued, “The demand for semiconductor industry personnel is expected to increase to about 300,000 by 2031, but the number of graduates is only about 5,000 annually, facing a serious imbalance. We will actively support developing the semiconductor field, a new industry sector, into Seoul’s career and vocational education to produce semiconductor specialists in Seoul as well.”

The semiconductor sector is one of the 11 core industries in which the government is focusing investment for economic growth. The government plans to invest 13.5 trillion won by 2030.

Currently, Seoul has four Meister high schools: Sudu Electric Technical High School (Energy), Mirim Girls’ Information Science High School (New Media Content), Seoul Robot High School (Robotics), and Seoul Urban Science and Technology High School (Overseas Construction, Plant). Among them, Sudu Electric Technical High School and Seoul Robot High School are located in Chairperson Kim’s electoral district, and he actively supported their conversion to Meister high schools in 2010 and 2013.

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