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Career Education in KOREA

History of Career Education in Korea

Career education
includes in national
curriculum
: Promote the career
education
National Career
Education 5-year Plan
Development
: Activate in-school
career education
Allocation of specialized
career teachers
: Improve the quality of
career education
Establishment
of Career Education
Department at MOE
: Administrative
system to implement
career education
Establishment
of school career
education goals and
achievement criteria
Provide the direction
to follow to in-school
career education
Pilot operation of FLS
: Increase career
exploration
opportunities
Caree Education Act
: Set the legal
foundation of
career education
Full-fledged
implementation
of FLS
: Promote career
exploration
Placement of career
specialist teacher
in elementary school
: Reinforce elementary
school career education
Establishment of
the 2nd 5-year plan
of career education
: Ensuring systematicity
and sustainability of
career education
National Career
Development Center
(NCDC) opened
: Establish a national
R&D clearing house