National funding of 794 million KRW to pursue projects such as strengthening fairness for college entrance exams, etc.
Strengthening capacities for operating college entrance exams by increasing the number of admissions officers received good evaluations
Planned college entrance talk concerts, touring major experiences, open campus, etc.
[May 28, 2020]
YU (President Sur Gil-soo) was selected for the Ministry of Education’s ‘2020 High School Education Contribution University Support Project’.
The High School Education Contribution University Support Project is a project for enhancing fairness and transparency of the examination process to elevate the reliability of college entrance exams, and to support the university to build high school education conditions that are based on educational courses by operating feasible college entrance exams. When selected as a high school education contribution university, funding is provided for college entrance exam fairness strengthening activities, and screening operation related for people needing social consideration and regional balance.
According to the 2020 high school education contribution university support project announced by the Ministry of Education on the 28th, 75 universities including YU were selected and will receive funding from a total of about 69.8 billion KRW. YU will pursue the project with government funding of 794 million KRW for this project.
YU received high scores in all assessment areas including strengthening fairness of entrance exams, simplification of entrance processes and more disclosure of information, strengthened social responsibility fo the university, project operation plans, etc. In particular, it received good evaluations for strengthening the operational capacities of the college entrance screening by increasing the number of admissions officers.
With the selection for this project, YU plans to strengthen its college entrance screening operation and capacities through admissions officer empowerment training and developing and operating a general student screening evaluation system, and use the funds to operate school education internalization programs such as college entrance talk concerts, college experience learning, touring major experience, open campus, Cheonma Schole (supporting operation of middle and high school club activities), career and education classes together with admissions officers, etc.
YU Admissions Office Director Shin Yong-ho said, “As a high school education contribution university, we will not only convey college admissions information accurately and operate a transparent admissions screening process, but also actively plan and pursue various programs that can internalize school education and support student education activities.”
YU had been selected in the ‘Admissions Officer Support Project’, which was the predecessor of the ‘High School Education Contribution University Support Project’ for four consecutive years from 2010 to 2013, and this is the third time it is being selected for the High School Education Contribution University Support Project following 2014 and 2016.
