by Kim Chulhyun
Published 02 Feb.2025 14:18(KST)
The Small and Medium Business Corporation (SBC) announced on the 2nd that it will conduct online and offline linked vocational education and training in collaboration with the Central Women's New Work Support Center to promote economic activities by strengthening the educational capabilities of female workforce.
This training program was prepared as a follow-up measure to the business agreement signed between SBC and the New Work Support Center in December last year. The recruitment of trainees and the operation of offline education will be handled by the New Work Support Center, while the online courses will be supported by SBC, expecting a synergistic effect in education.
To maximize learning effects, the two organizations plan to link offline courses operated by 159 New Work Support Centers nationwide with selected online educational content in various fields such as ▲Digital New Industry (AI) ▲Startups ▲Industrial Safety ▲Management ▲Self-Development.
In particular, the online courses will be fully supported from enrollment to completion through the ‘Small and Medium Business - SSUP’ website, a digital training center operated by SBC. Additionally, SBC will provide a non-face-to-face edutech learning environment utilizing convenience features such as ▲2,909 e-learning and microlearning educational contents ▲individual learning capability diagnosis ▲customized course recommendations ▲real-time lecture assistant (chatbot) ▲open learner resource search.
Jo Han-gyo, Director of Human Resources Growth at SBC, said, “Based on over 40 years of accumulated corporate education know-how, SBC is striving to provide a continuous online education system and content without restrictions of time and space,” adding, “Through collaboration with the New Work Support Center, a representative comprehensive window for supporting female employment, we hope to provide higher quality education that helps unemployed women re-enter the labor market and resolves vacant jobs in small and medium ventures.”
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