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NEW Ajou Partners with Suwon and Seoul Technical High Schools for Workforce Development

  • 2020-12-28
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With the aim of educating and training a skilled future workforce to lead smart manufacturing, Ajou University has partnered with Suwon and Seoul Technical High Schools, with support from the Training Program for Future Leaders of Industries, organized by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and Human Resources Development Service of Korea.


The partnership agreement was signed at the Yeonam Hall on November 18. Among the attendees were Oh Yeong-tae, Vice President for Industry-Academia Cooperation; Lee Seong-yeob, head of the Business Support Center; Lim Gun-jin, head of the LINC+ Project Group; Lee Gi-hong, Principal, and Kim Yeon-seon, senior teacher, from Suwon Technical High School; and Lee Jae-geun, Principal, and Han Yeong-wook, a senior teacher, from Seoul Technical High School.


Ajou and the two high schools agreed to work together on (1) developing and operating education and training programs; (2) organizing on-site training for students on condition of hiring them; (3) organizing exchanges on new technologies and career opportunities; and (4) developing and proposing policy support programs to local and national governments.


The agreement has brought Ajou University and Suwon and Seoul Technical High Schools into a close-knit partnership. The schools expect the partnership to enable them to develop training programs for newly hired students and expand contract-based departments to develop a skilled workforce necessary for the progress of smart manufacturing in Korea.


The Training Program for Future Leaders of Industries, in which Ajou is a participant, has been conceived to reduce the supply-demand mismatch in the Korean labor market by designing and providing training programs for young future employees that address the specific needs of industries identified by industry-representative organizations and leading companies. Participating institutions provide specialized training and employment support programs tailored to the actual needs of these industries.


Vice President Oh commented, “Under this new agreement, we plan to work together to promote the success of our training programs and help to substantially reduce the supply-demand mismatch in the labor market.”