Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education Promotes Establishment of 'International Vocational High School' for Overseas Students

The Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education announced on the 13th that it is promoting the establishment of Jeonnam International Vocational High School (tentative name) to attract overseas international students.

On the same day, the Office held a promotion council meeting for the establishment of Jeonnam International Vocational High School at the Jeonnam Education Research and Information Institute to discuss the development of a Jeonnam-type model for attracting overseas international students, education, employment, and settlement.

Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education is promoting the establishment of Jeonnam International Vocational High School to attract overseas students. Photo by Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education

Jeonnam International Vocational High School is a school that operates specialized vocational education for multicultural and middle-entry students as well as overseas international students to realize "education that comes to Jeonnam" from around the world, and supports employment in local industries and regional settlement.

The Office plans to attract overseas international students to existing specialized high schools by March 2025 and convert existing schools into specialized schools for overseas international students by March 2026. In the long term, it intends to establish Jeonnam International Vocational High School by March 2028.

To this end, discussions were held on ▲development of the Jeonnam-type model ▲revision of laws restricting the attraction of overseas international students ▲analysis of Jeonnam industrial demand ▲policy research service on overseas international student demand survey ▲plans to attract overseas international students.

Jung Byung-guk, Director of the Education Autonomy Division, stated, “We will spare no support for the establishment of Jeonnam International Vocational High School targeting overseas international students to resolve the shortage of industrial manpower in Jeonnam due to population decline.”

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