48 Foreign Exchange Students Enroll in Vocational and Specialized High Schools Nationwide for the First Time... Gyeongbuk Office of Education Holds Orientation

8 Students Enroll in Evening High School

The Gyeongbuk Office of Education (Superintendent Lim Jong-sik) held an orientation and opening ceremony at the Gyeongbuk Provincial Office of Education Marine Training Center in Yeongdeok-gun in preparation for the enrollment of 48 outstanding international students from four countries who were finally accepted in the 2024 academic year high school entrance examination.

The orientation was organized to help international students quickly adapt to school life through basic Korean language education, vocational high school understanding education, education on understanding Korean and world cultures, and guidance on school life.

Foreign international students are participating in an orientation to enroll in vocational high schools and specialized high schools in the Gyeongbuk region.

Last December, 48 outstanding international students were finally accepted into vocational high schools and specialized high schools, with nationalities including 28 from Vietnam, 8 from Mongolia, 8 from Thailand, and 4 from Indonesia.

Additionally, 7 Vietnamese and 1 Cambodian outstanding international students who applied to late-entry high schools were also accepted.

However, the orientation was conducted for the 48 students scheduled to enter vocational and specialized high schools, as the visa issuance for the 8 late-entry high school students was delayed.

The opening ceremony held on the 20th was attended by about 60 people, including Lim Jong-sik, Superintendent of Gyeongbuk Office of Education; Tsogtuu Urjaya, Consul of Mongolia in Busan; Go Got Suhar, Education Attach? of Indonesia in Korea; Kim Yong-jae, CEO of Green Tech Korea; Choi Ye-won, Managing Director of Sail; Lee Hyung-seok, Vice President of Woosung Powertech; Kim Byung-soo, Director of the Nano Convergence Technology Center at Pohang University of Science and Technology; principals of schools admitting international students; and representatives of parents.

Tsogtuu Urjaya, Consul of Mongolia in Busan, said, “Gyeongbuk vocational education ‘K-EDU,’ which practices sharing and combines dynamism and flexibility, is more moving than K-POP and K-Hallyu, and I deeply appreciate that it provides Mongolian students with opportunities to grow into professional vocational workers.”

Lim Jong-sik, Superintendent of Gyeongbuk Office of Education, stated, “We will spare no effort to provide international students with global curricula and necessary administrative and financial support so that Gyeongbuk vocational education, the highest level in Korea, can practice the global standard K-EDU through sharing and social contribution.”

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