Ministry Of Education Holds "Vocational High School Employment Support Meeting" With Ministry Of Employment And Labor

The Ministry of Education will hold a meeting with the Ministry of Employment and Labor to strengthen vocational high school students' employment capabilities and to support their employment at outstanding local companies.

On February 20, the Ministry of Education announced that it would host the "2026 First Meeting of Related Institutions for Employment Support at Vocational High Schools" at the Grand Ballroom of Novotel Ambassador Seoul Dongdaemun in Jung-gu, Seoul.

This meeting has been arranged as a follow-up measure to the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed in 2024 between the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Employment and Labor to provide tailored employment support for young people.

The two ministries plan to strengthen cooperation between municipal and provincial offices of education, vocational high school employment support centers, and related agencies under the Ministry of Employment and Labor (such as regional employment centers and University Job Plus Centers), and to focus their efforts on identifying outstanding local companies and connecting vocational high school students to employment at these companies.

In particular, they plan to conduct detailed analyses of students' major-related competencies and companies' job requirements, to prevent early turnover after employment, and at the same time to focus on increasing the rate at which students settle in their local regions. In addition, they plan to hold regional meetings every quarter to promptly reflect on-site difficulties in policy, and to support vocational high school students so that they can grow into key talent driving the local economy.

Yoo Jiwan, School Support Officer at the Ministry of Education, said, "We must go beyond simply raising employment rates and support students so that they can confidently take their place as members of the local community," adding, "Going forward, we will break down silos between ministries and establish and expand a job-matching model that can be tangibly felt in the field."

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