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National Initiatives Concerning the Career Guidance/Information/Vocational Counselling - Republic of Korea
Source: UNESCO
Career Guidance
Departments of Research in Career Guidance were established for the first time in research branches of all municipal and provincial offices of education in 1990. And the student guidance departments in schools at all levels were renamed 'Career Counseling Department,' with expansively reorganized functions in 1994 under the leadership of the Office of Life Guidance in the Education Ministry's School Inspection Office.
Until 1996, career guidance has been sought mainly by the Career Counseling Department, accompanied by lively activities of training and counseling projects for career guidance. Simultaneously advanced was the project for producing and revising textbooks for career guidance.
The Ministry of Education's directive for strengthening career guidance education sent to municipal and provincial offices of education in 1996 was characterized by the following core items:
In 1997, research on career guidance, management of the model school, and training career guidance teachers were the activities most emphasized; and advancement was made in managing the 'career day' and disseminating career guidance material.
Particularly, Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training KRIVET was commissioned to undertake a variety of research on career guidance. First, KRIVET was legally authorized to make policies pertaining to career guidance and produce data and information on various career guidance. Second, KRIVET embarked on providing career guidance education that approaches students through developing programs for career guidance and managing the Career Information Center.
The Law for the KRIVET provides the legal foundation for establishing the KRIVET. It is aimed at promoting vocational education and training and contributing to raising citizen's vocational ability by efficiently undertaking matters related to developing vocational ability such as research on the policy for vocational education and training and license system and creating and distributing programs of vocational education and training. KRIVET's activities are: collecting and disseminating information and data on policies of vocational education and training; developing and distributing programs; researching and developing policy for license system; investigating and researching national accreditation of civilian licenses; evaluation of institutions of vocational education and training and their programs; and international cooperation and projects related to all those activities. Completion of the aforementioned legal provisions means creation of a framework for systematically practicing vocational education and training in Korea.
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