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Changwon Special City Signs Agreement with 6 Local Universities and

Changwon SW Academy

Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam signed the 'Changwon SW Academy Business Agreement' with six local universities at 10 a.m. on the 25th in Meeting Room 3.

At the signing ceremony, Ha Jongmok, the 1st Vice Mayor of Changwon Special City, and employment and admission-related department heads from six universities located in Changwon, including Changwon National University, Gyeongnam National University, Changshin University, Masan University, Changwon Moonsung University, and Korea Polytechnics VII Changwon Campus, attended.

The 'Changwon SW Academy Project' targeting local youth is a project to nurture digital professionals and connect them to employment, aiming to solve the job mismatch caused by an educational structure that cannot keep up with the acceleration of digital transformation.

The city and the six universities will maintain a cooperative relationship for the successful promotion of the 'Changwon SW Academy Project' and jointly promote project publicity and employment support, link related industries and hiring companies, and support infrastructure for curriculum operation.

MultiCampus, which is in charge of project operation, is the top corporate education company in Korea, leading practical IT education necessary for the corporate field such as SW development and AI. In particular, it has been selected as the operating institution for the Ministry of Employment and Labor's 'K-Digital Training' project and has been leading the cultivation of core digital practical talents for over 10 years.

Vice Mayor Ha said, "Digital transformation according to the changes and trends of the times is a task for all of us. We will work with universities to provide the necessary support so that local youth are not left out of that trend."

The feature of the 'Changwon SW Academy Project' is that not only majors but also non-majors who are excluded from the digital employment front line are trained to become professional personnel who can be deployed on-site through intensive non-face-to-face education for 8 hours a day over 5 months.

The education period is from June 26 to November 14, and the recruitment of trainees will be conducted for one month from May 22 to June 22.

The currently recruiting courses are the 'Backend Developer Course' and the 'Frontend Developer Course,' which are the hottest in the job market, and customized IT employment special lectures and connections to promising IT company recruitment will also be provided to trainees.

Anyone eligible for the National Tomorrow Learning Card can apply and take lectures worth about 15 million KRW for free.

For more details about the project, inquiries can be made to the Lifelong Education Division or checked on the city website.

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