Ministry of Education Response Plan Announcement
"Establishment of Medical School Situation Task Force"

As collective actions by the medical community continue in response to the government's plan to increase the number of medical students, the Ministry of Education has established a situation response team and announced that it will activate an emergency communication system with 40 medical schools nationwide to respond.


On the 16th, the Ministry of Education issued a statement saying, "To quickly identify and respond to the collective actions of medical school students, we have established the 'Situation Response Team for National University Hospitals and Medical Schools' within the Ministry of Education, and from today, we will operate an emergency communication system with 40 medical schools nationwide to continuously monitor student trends and measures at each university."


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It also explained, "At 3 p.m. today, an emergency meeting of deans of academic affairs will be held under the chairmanship of the Deputy Minister of Education, urging each university to strictly comply with relevant laws and academic regulations in guiding students and managing academic affairs regarding the collective actions of medical students."



According to the education and medical sectors on the same day, representatives of students from 35 out of 40 medical schools nationwide decided to submit leave of absence applications together on the 20th of this month. The Emergency National Response Committee of Hallym University College of Medicine also announced through the official social media (SNS) of the Medical Policy Response TF of Hallym University College of Medicine that fourth-year students in the clinical course decided on the 15th to take a one-year allied leave of absence and submit leave applications.


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