Osan City to Provide Up to 300,000 Won in Exam Fee Support for Unemployed Youth Taking Language and Certification Tests

Osan City in Gyeonggi Province announced that it will officially launch the "Gyeonggi Youth Capacity-Building Opportunity Support Project" starting from May 11, in order to ease the burden of job preparation for unemployed young people.

Osan City provides up to 300,000 KRW support for language and certification exam fees for unemployed youth. Photo by Osan City

This project provides reimbursement for language and certification exam fees to unemployed youth residing in Osan City, offering support of up to 300,000 won per person annually.

Eligible applicants are unemployed individuals aged 19 to 39 (born between 1986 and 2007) who are registered residents of Osan City as of the application date. Support is available for exams taken on or after December 1, 2025, and applicants must have been unemployed at the time of the exam.

The program covers a total of 1,005 types of exams, including 19 language proficiency exams, 541 types of national technical certifications, 345 types of national professional certifications, and 99 types of nationally accredited private certifications. Additionally, for driver's licenses, only the special Class 1 license is included in the support program.

In consideration of last year’s early exhaustion of the budget which led to an early closure of the program, the city plans to allocate the budget separately for the first and second halves of the year. If the budget for the first half is exhausted, additional applications for the second half will be accepted from September 1 to December 4.

However, duplicate support is restricted for those who participate in similar programs run by the central government, other organizations, local governments, schools, or academies. Furthermore, participants in the Gyeonggi Women's Employment Support Fund, the National Employment Support Program, the Gyeonggi-do Job Foundation's "Gyeonggi Technical School Curriculum Operation Project," and the "Future Growth Industry Employment Transition Project" are also excluded from this support.

Applications can be submitted online from 9:00 a.m. on May 11 until 6:00 p.m. on December 4, and the program may close early if the budget is depleted.

An official from Osan City stated, "We will continue to provide ongoing attention and support so that young people struggling with the financial burden of preparing for employment can receive practical assistance."

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