The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family will offer vocational education and training to marriage immigrants who want to work or start a business. Seen are such women on April 8 taking the written exam for a barista certification course at the Bucheon Multicultural Family Support Center. (Bucheon Multicultural Family Support Center)
By Cao Thi Ha
Marriage migrants can get public support from basic education for vocational training to develop their professional skills to employment.
The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family on April 11 released a plan to run 104 vocational courses at 77 family centers nationwide.
Vocational training institutions like such centers and those for female employment will plan and run the courses to be offered this year.
A family center assesses the job preparation level and job competency of marriage migrants and provides preliminary training to them like understanding of workplace culture, computer skills and Korean-language education customized for their jobs.
Vocational training given after education includes general courses leveraging an immigrant’s background for jobs like bilingual instructors, judicial and medical interpreters, and trade administrative staff, plus entrepreneurship courses that reflect an area’s demand for jobs.
After students complete the preliminary and vocational training courses, the centers assist them in finding jobs at schools, courts, companies and organizations as well as offer individual counseling on issues in work-life balance and working conditions encountered after employment.
All courses are free and to boost participation, educational activity fees are subsidized.
More details on this program are available on the ministry’s website (mogef.go.kr). Applications can be submitted through the family centers’ website (familynet.or.kr).
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