Seongnam City Sees 1,600 Applicants for Tuition Support Program for Unemployed Youth

Seongnam City Hall

Seongnam City in Gyeonggi Province recorded 1,621 applicants for the first half recruitment of the 'Unemployed Youth Support Project (ALL-Pass)' conducted over two months from June 1 to July 31.

The Unemployed Youth Support Project (ALL-Pass) is a program that supports unemployed youth aged 19 to 34 residing in Seongnam City, including job seekers and students, by providing up to 1 million KRW once in their lifetime for language and certification exam fees as well as academy tuition fees. Seongnam City will verify duplicate support from similar projects and whether documents need to be supplemented, then finalize the support recipients by the 23rd of this month and deposit the actual costs of certification exam fees and academy tuition fees into their accounts by the 31st.

Among the applicants, job seekers accounted for half with 862 people. There were 669 students and 90 others.

Regarding the support fields, language certifications such as TOEIC and OPIc (Oral Proficiency Interview - computer) accounted for the largest portion at 51%. This was followed by national technical certifications such as computer proficiency at 27%. Nationally certified private certifications such as computerized tax accounting accounted for 11%, national professional certifications such as certified public accountants 9%, and the Korean History Proficiency Test 2%.

A Seongnam City official stated, "Within the maximum support amount of 1 million KRW, there is no limit on the number of exam applications or course attendances. Tuition support is available for both online and offline courses." He added, "However, low-income, self-reliant, and employment-challenged youth can receive up to 1 million KRW and if they apply consecutively the following year, they can receive an additional support once, up to a maximum of 2 million KRW."

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