Daegu City Greatly Expands Job Training for Career-Interrupted Women... 42 Courses for 800 Participants

30% Increase in Programs Compared to Last Year, Largest Scale Ever...

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Daegu City announced on the 24th that it will significantly expand the 2021 vocational education and training courses for career-interrupted women to a total of 42 courses for about 800 people. Last year's courses were conducted on a scale of 32 courses for 540 people.

This year, the vocational education and training for career-interrupted women, promoted on the largest scale ever, is divided into 35 courses fully funded by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and 7 regionally specialized programs with additional city funds invested by Daegu City.

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family-led nationally funded courses include a total of 35 courses: long-term education (1 course), high value-added occupations (3 courses), company-customized (12 courses), professional skills (3 courses), startup support (2 courses), and general (14 courses). The number of participants allowed is 695.

In particular, this year, a long-term education course for training female IT talents suited to the digital era has been newly established, cultivating new technology and highly skilled personnel through an 8-month long education period.

Additionally, Daegu City will operate 7 regionally specialized programs separately by investing its own budget. The 7 courses consist of 3 regionally industry-customized programs (IT, ICT, etc.) and 4 startup support courses (IT+fashion, ICT, food, etc.). These courses will be operated after April.

Vocational education and training will be conducted at 5 Women New Start Centers (hereafter Saeil Centers) from March to December, according to each course. All courses are free. Anyone who is a career-interrupted woman can apply, and trainees are finally selected after going through certain procedures such as interviews.

Kang Myung-sook, Director of the Women's and Youth Education Bureau of Daegu City, emphasized, "We will make every effort to support women's reemployment, including expanding regionally customized education so that career-interrupted women, who have had a hard time due to COVID-19, can take their first step back into economic activities."