Even the on-time competition rate is’tuk’… Busan Regional University’Life and Death’
Reporter Hwang Seok-ha [email protected]
Input: 2021-01-12 19:40:44Revision: 2021-01-12 19:45:16Published: 2021-01-12 19:45:58 (p. 1)
View of the main building of Kyungsung University. Busan Ilbo DB
Universities in Busan were in shock. This is because the regular enrollment rate for the 2021 school year fell sharply (reported on page 5 of the Busan Ilbo on Jan. 7), and the competition rate for regular recruitment fell sharply. The crisis at local universities arising from the decline in the school-age population is expected to begin in earnest this year.
15 four-year universities in Busan closed on-time recruitment for the 2021 school year on the afternoon of the 11th and recorded an average competition rate of 2.21 to 1. This was lower than the average competition rate of 3.37 to 1 last year, and the competition rate of all universities except Busan National University of Education fell. In addition, the total number of support staff also decreased by 19.44% to 27,181, a decrease of 6588 from last year.
4 years 15 units average 2.21 to 1
Greater fall than last year’s 3.37 to 1
‘Double Shock’ following drop in registration rate from time to time
Point out the cause of the steep decline in the school-age population
The urgent need to improve the constitution of the university crisis’signal bullet’
By university, the competition rate ranked first at 3.64 to 1 at Gyeongseong-daero and 3.43 to 1 at Korea Ocean University. Pusan National University had a 3.24-1 competition rate, but it was lower than last year’s 3.35-1. Pukyong National University was 3.08 to 1 and Dong-A University was 3 to 1, respectively, but the competition rate between the two universities was also lower than last year. Only these five universities have a 3 to 1 or higher competition rate. That’s half of last year.
On the other hand, the competition rate at Shilla University was less than 1 to 1, and the competition rate at Youngsan University was 1 to 1 because there were one less applicants than the number of applicants. In addition, five universities did not meet the 2 to 1 competition rate. Considering the fact that candidates usually apply for duplicate applications, if the competition rate falls below 3 to 1, it is considered as’understanding’ in effect. The bigger problem is that it is unlikely that this situation will improve in the future. Many local universities have to worry about literally’survival’.
University in the metropolitan area, including Seoul, also had a slightly lower competition rate than last year, but the situation is better than Busan. The average competition rate of eight universities in Seoul including Korea University, Sogang University, Seoul National University, Sungkyunkwan University, Yonsei University, Ewha Womans University, Chung-Ang University and Hanyang University is 4.73 to 1. In addition, none of the universities have lowered the competition rate below 3:1. The crisis of local universities, expressed by the phrase’cherry blossoms fall in order,’ is realizing.
According to the Busan City Office of Education, the number of candidates who took the 2021 SAT in the Busan area totaled 27,529, down 10% (3372) from 3,901 last year. In contrast, the number of four-year college students in Busan exceeds 30,000. Pusan’s school-age population has declined more steeply than in the metropolitan area, making it more difficult for local universities to recruit on-time. An official from a university in Busan said, “The fiercely before the deadline was a story that had already flowed in Busan,” and “how can we unfold the operation with no students at all?” said a bitter smile. Dong-Eui University Admissions Officer Kim Sam-yeol confided, “Last year I was working on student employment and this time I was in charge of admission, but it was much harder. When I met high school teachers in the metropolitan area, they said that they didn’t want to go to Busan even if they went to Daegu. This is the reality of Busan.” .
The crisis arising from the decline in the school-age population suffocates colleges with reduced research functions, unpopularity and obliteration. As the survival of local universities becomes uncertain, they must take a life and death improvement in their constitution. Jang-soo Ryu, head of the Korea Vocational Competency Development Institute, said, “As a crisis is an opportunity, universities should strengthen their competitiveness through selection and concentration, and the government should establish policies in the same direction.” We have to prepare an exit so that we can get out.”
Reporter Hwang Seok-ha [email protected]