This Afternoon's High-Level Party-Government Meeting... Discussion on Medical School Quota Expansion and Pension Reform

Government Coordination on Increasing Medical School Quotas by 1,000
Schedule May Change Depending on the Ruling Party's Medical Meeting Situation

The Presidential Office, the government, and the ruling party, the People Power Party, are scheduled to discuss the expansion of medical school quotas and the reform of the National Pension on the 15th.

According to the ruling party, senior officials from the Presidential Office, government, and ruling party will hold a closed-door high-level party-government consultation meeting at 6 p.m. at the Prime Minister's official residence in Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul.

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo is delivering opening remarks at the 11th High-level Party-Government Consultation held at the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Jongno-gu, Seoul, on the 28th. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

Ahead of the government's announcement of plans to expand medical school admission quotas, the consultation meeting is expected to finalize related opinions between the party and government. The domestic medical school quota has been maintained at 3,058 since 2006.

However, due to population aging and a shortage of essential medical personnel, there have been ongoing demands to increase medical school quotas, and the government is pursuing a plan to increase the quota by about 1,000 students.

The government views the starting point for the expansion of medical school quotas as the 2025 university entrance exam, which will be taken by current high school sophomores.

The reform of the National Pension, one of the three major reform tasks of the Yoon Suk-yeol administration (labor, education, pension), will also be discussed. On the 13th, the Financial Calculation Committee under the Ministry of Health and Welfare decided to add a proposal to raise the income replacement rate (the ratio of pension benefits to lifetime average income) to 45% or 50% in the final advisory plan for National Pension reform.

From the government, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Lee Ju-ho, and Minister of Health and Welfare Cho Kyu-hong are expected to attend. From the Presidential Office, Chief Secretary Kim Dae-gi and Senior Secretary for Political Affairs Lee Jin-bok will participate. From the ruling party, Representative Kim Ki-hyun and Floor Leader Yoon Jae-ok will join.

Since the People Power Party's parliamentary meeting starts at 4 p.m. on the same day, there is a possibility of schedule changes.

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