Law School Law SchoolLocal university medical schools and law schools (law schools) are obligated to select local talent in the future.
In addition to the location of the existing high school, the location of the middle school is newly added to the local talent requirement.
The Ministry of Education announced on the 28th the ‘2nd Basic Plan for Supporting Local University and Regional Balanced Talent Development Support (2021-2025), which was established jointly with relevant ministries and 14 cities and provinces in non-capital regions.
In response to the outflow of local talent, the government revised the’Local University Promotion Act’, mandated the selection of local talents for local universities, medicine, nursing and specialized graduate schools, and decided to strengthen the requirements for local talent.
The current law recommends that each university consider only those who graduate from high schools in the area where the university is located as local talents and select 30% or more (more than 15% in Gangwon and Jeju).
In the future, it is stipulated that the selection of local talents is mandatory instead of recommendations.
In addition, they must come out of the non-metropolitan area from junior high school, graduate from high school in the area where the university is located, and live in the area where the school is located during the enrollment period to be recognized as a local talent.
An official from the Ministry of Education explained, “The specific ratio of mandatory requirements will be determined by Presidential Decree after collecting opinions.”
The government also supports the establishment of local universities’ own scholarship systems by improving the national scholarship system.
In addition, by gradually expanding the’regional innovation platform’ in which local governments and universities cooperate to create a regional-specific shared university model, this year’s’digital innovation sharing university’ was introduced, and universities in the metropolitan area and local universities joined forces to create new technology fields. Support shooting to cultivate talent.
As it is pointed out that the metropolitan area is often concentrated in university financial support projects, the regional balance factor is also planned to be reflected when distributing project expenses in the future.
In order to create a leading model for internationalization of excellent local universities, the proportion of universities in the metropolitan area and non-metropolitan areas of the government-invited scholarship program (GKS) will be raised from 6 to 4 last year to 5 to 5 by 2025.
In order to improve the constitution of local universities, the maintenance fill rate is applied when applying for the’university innovation support project’ for selected universities with financial support. The aim is not to over-expand the number of colleges and universities.
For universities that have not been financially supported, it will determine whether there is a possibility of rehabilitation, and then relax regulations to support management improvement.
In the case of universities with limited financial support, they are considered to have reached the financial limit and take corrective measures in stages, and if they do not comply, the school will be closed.
Specialized colleges support the expansion of degree and non-degree programs for adults.
To cultivate high-quality local human resources, the government supports the creation of a’Regional Alliance Graduate School’ model and expands preferential policies for local researchers.
In addition, the ratio of mandatory local talent recruitment of public institutions before the Innovation City will be gradually expanded to 30% by next year.
In order for local talents to settle in the local area, five’City Convergence Special Zones’, which are high-density innovative spaces where industry, academia, research, and government are fused, will be created by 2025, centering on the metropolitan city.
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