Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education and Gyeonggi Chamber of Commerce and Industry Discuss '2nd Term Agreement-Based Specialized High Schools'

Supporting the Selection of Three ‘Agreement-type Specialized High Schools’ in the Province This Year
Promoting Close Cooperation with the Gyeonggi Chamber of Commerce and Industry
to Foster Locally Settled Technical Talent

The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education (Superintendent Lim Tae-hee) held a strategic council meeting with the Gyeonggi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Chairman Bae Hae-dong) on the 31st to support the designation of the 2nd phase of ‘Agreement-type Specialized High Schools’.

Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education is holding a strategic council meeting with the Gyeonggi Chamber of Commerce and Industry on the 31st to support the designation of the 2nd phase of 'Agreement-type Specialized High Schools.' Photo by Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education

‘Agreement-type Specialized High Schools’ are schools where the Office of Education, local governments, regional companies, and specialized high schools collaborate to realize region-customized vocational education. This initiative was introduced for the first time in 2024 to cultivate locally settled technical talents and to promote employment of high school graduates within the province.

This council meeting was organized to support the selection of three ‘Agreement-type Specialized High Schools’ in the province in 2025. It explored close cooperation methods between local chambers of commerce and industry and their member companies, as well as specific support strategies for the three designated fields. Additionally, based on the analysis of reasons for non-selection last year, discussions were held on linkage plans with related organizations.

Bae Hae-dong, chairman of the Gyeonggi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, expressed expectations for securing technical talents for member companies and revitalizing the regional economy, and stated his intention to actively support attracting ‘Agreement-type Specialized High Schools’ in the province.

The Office of Education plans to establish the designation of ‘Agreement-type Specialized High Schools’ as an institutional foundation for sustainable secondary vocational education beyond the public contest projects and to formulate detailed strategies.

Meanwhile, specialized high schools that were not selected this year will operate as Gyeonggi future-oriented vocational education model schools under the ‘Region-linked Win-win (Gyeonggi Agreement-type) Specialized High School’ model, and efforts will be made to designate them as ‘Agreement-type Specialized High Schools’ in the following year.

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