Meeting of 40 university presidents running medical schools
“Manage to prevent alliance leave”
Policy for managing leave and return of medical education,
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Lee Ju-ho (right) speaks at a meeting of university presidents running medical schools held via video conference at the Korea Educational Facilities Safety Authority in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 11th. Yonhap News,
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, ‘Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Lee Ju-ho emphasized to university presidents running medical schools on the 11th, “It is a last resort that we must prevent the continued disruption of medical education due to students not returning even in the 2025 academic year.”‘,
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, ‘On this day, Deputy Prime Minister Lee held a meeting with 40 university presidents running medical schools at the Korea Educational Facilities Safety Authority in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, and stated, “If students do not return, unpaid leave or expulsion becomes inevitable, and there are concerns that delays in the process of students growing into medical professionals and disruptions in the supply of medical workforce may occur.”‘,
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, ‘ MobileAdNew center ‘, ‘Deputy Prime Minister Lee met with 40 university presidents running medical schools via video conference to explain the emergency measures announced by the Ministry of Education on the 6th for ’emergency measures for normalization of medical school affairs.’ In the emergency measures, the Ministry of Education stated that if personal circumstances are confirmed, leaves of absence may be approved with the condition that students return in the 2025 academic year after persuading students to return to each university.’,
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, ‘Deputy Prime Minister Lee reiterated that the university’s leave of absence system is based on individual, unavoidable reasons for temporarily interrupting academic studies and that “alliance leave for the purpose of opposing government policies is a behavior contrary to public interest and not a valid reason for leave of absence.” He requested the university presidents to manage not to allow alliance leave.’,
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, ‘Deputy Prime Minister Lee added, “If even one student returns, ensure that classes operate smoothly through flexible academic operation measures, and inform in advance that students who do not return in the 2025 academic year may be unpaid or expelled in accordance with the regulations.”‘,
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, ‘Deputy Prime Minister Lee stated that the scale of leave and return from medical education institutions critical to the lives and safety of the people should be managed, and he said that related laws will be revised for this purpose.’,
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, ‘He also said, “In the future, universities should set ‘the maximum number of students that can be educated beyond the quota reflecting educational conditions’ and include this in the regulations. Establish regulations limiting consecutive leaves of absence exceeding two semesters unless there are special reasons.”‘