The Daegu Cyber University Student Council and current students and alumni of the Department of Speech Therapy held a placard protest on the 30th of last month in front of the national speech therapist licensing exam sites across the country, urging a solution to the disqualification of remote university students from taking the national speech therapist exam.
Daegu Cyber University Student Council and current students and graduates of the Department of Speech Therapy are holding a picket protest, urging for a solution to the disqualification of remote university students from taking the national exam for speech-language pathologists.
On October 31, the lawsuit to cancel the announcement of the speech therapist exam implementation plan was dismissed by the Supreme Court's decision of 'refusal to review,' making it impossible for remote universities to take the Level 2 national speech therapist exam.
The protest was held simultaneously in front of the exam sites for the national speech therapist licensing exam in Seoul, Busan, Daejeon, and Daegu, with participants holding placards.
This unprecedented situation, involving the disqualification of remote university students from the speech therapist exam, sparked opposition and aimed to raise awareness of the circumstances faced by current students and alumni of remote universities, while demanding protest and the establishment of remedial measures against the disqualification.
Kim Heesook, president of the 23rd Daegu Cyber University Student Council, stated, "We must ensure that innocent students do not suffer due to confusion in national policy," and added, "We strongly demand an end to discrimination against remote universities and the prompt establishment of remedial measures for remote university students."
With the national exam about a month away, the disqualification of remote university students from the speech therapist exam has caused confusion among current students and alumni preparing for the exam, as well as growing anxiety among those currently working as speech therapists who graduated from remote universities.
Regarding this issue, Minister Cho Kyu-hong of the Ministry of Health and Welfare expressed at the National Assembly Health and Welfare Committee regular meeting on the 7th of last month that a special measure to temporarily allow remote university students to take the exam would be prepared, but no solution has yet been provided.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Health Personnel Licensing Examination Institute (KHPLEI) have announced through the "Notice on Eligibility for the 13th Level 1 and 2 Speech Therapist National Exam" that remote university students are ineligible to take the national exam, and have not proposed any alternative solutions since.
Earlier, Daegu Cyber University announced through its Emergency Countermeasures Committee that it would do its utmost to minimize student harm by preparing all possible measures at the university level.
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