Busan National University President Requests Review of ‘Medical School Enrollment Regulations’ Amendment

, ‘Chae Jeong-in, the president of Pusan National University, decided to hold a temporary university council meeting and requested a reconsideration of the ‘Medical School Expansion and Amendment of Student Regulations’ that was rejected yesterday (7th).’,
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, ‘President Chae stated, “The decision of the council should be respected enough as it requested sufficient discussions and social consensus from responsible members of the national community to resolve the issues of medical student dropouts and medical shortages.”‘,
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, ‘He further stated, “However, there is a discrepancy between the medical school enrollment quotas allocated by the government and the enrollment quotas specified in the regulations, which is a legal issue in the national administrative system and needs to be resolved. As the president responsible for running the university, I am requesting a reconsideration at the council.”‘,
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, ‘The university plans to schedule a council meeting to reconsider the matter promptly.’,
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, ‘Yesterday, at the council meeting held at the university headquarters, Pusan National University rejected the ‘Medical School Expansion and Amendment of Student Regulations’.’,
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, ‘The university explained the reason for the rejection by stating, “We all agreed that a decision should be made in a direction that helps resolve the crisis of medical student dropouts and the medical shortage caused by the lack of specialists. Before individual universities determine their expansion size, responsible members of the national community need to meet promptly for sufficient discussions and social consensus.”‘,
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, ‘Pusan National University received an allocation to increase the medical school enrollment from the existing 125 to 200, but they submitted a plan to increase by only 38 to 163 for next year to the Korean Council for University Education.’,
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, ‘[Photo source: Yonhap News]’,
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