Title: How to Improve the Dual System in South Korea: Lessons from Germany
Stream: Educational Policy, Leadership, Management & Administration
Presentation Type: Live-Stream Presentation
Authors:
Sun Jung Oh, Korea Labor Institute, South Korea
Christian Buerger, Indiana University, United States
Abstract:
The dual system of Germany had been introduced to South Korea by the Ministry of Labor in 1983. In 2019, the Korean Dual Act was adopted to support the dual system in South Korea but there are many issues to be resolved. Despite the Korean government efforts to make the dual system successful, there are lack of interests at the industry and student side.
In addition, Germany has been experiencing inequalities between those in vocational training and higher education. First, the SES of the students entering in the vocationally-oriented school tracks tends to be lower than students in other school tracks. Second, there exist labor market inequalities between vocationally-trained workers and workers with higher education. The inequalities have led to the changes in Germany such as a sharp increase in the higher education participation rate.
Based on the experiences in Germany, this paper discusses ways to improve current dual system in Korea. In Germany, the separated education system between vocational training and higher education contributes to the labor market inequalities. In contrast, the dual system in Korea operates in both secondary school-level and the higher education-level, and supports students with vocational training to study at colleges or universities while working as a full-time worker. However, the connection between vocational training and higher education is limited and the contents of learning in higher education need to be changed. In addition, the legal status of technical high-school students when they are getting trainings from firms has to be modified.
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