KRIVET 한국직업능력연구원 국무총리 산하 정부출연 연구기관

Ⅰ. Introduction	7
Ⅱ. Post-secondary VET in Korea	13
 1. Introduction	17
 2. Trends and New Challenges in Skills Development	20
  2.1 New Phase of Economic Growth and Human Capital Development	20
  2.2 Expansion of Higher Education amid Youth High Unemployment	22
  2.3 Low Birth Rates and Aging Society	24
  2.4 Coping with Both Demand and Supply for Skills	26
 3. Skill Formation beyond School	28
  3.1 Structure of Post-secondary VET	28
  3.2 Skills Formation for Young People	30
  3.3 Skills Formation for Adults	39
  3.4 The New Type of Skills Formation	48
 4. Signals and Matching Labor Market Needs	52
  4.1 Information and Quality Assurance	53
  4.2 The Qualification	59
  4.3 The Delivery of Labor Market Needs	65
  4.4 Career Guidance	69
 5. Conclusion	74
Ⅲ. Post-secondary VET and Skills in OECD countries	81
 1. Supply and Demand in Post-secondary VET of OECD Countries	82
 2. Career Guidance	126
 3. Access and Dropout	131
Annex 1. OECD- KRIVET Joint Seminar Proceeding	161
Annex 2. OECD-KRIVET Joint Meetings	189
Annex 3. OECD Meetings	201

Raising the level of skills through education and training, and ensuring their diffusion, to meet the skill demands of the labour market is becoming an imperative for policymakers in OECD countries thinking about sustainable growth and development. In Korea, policymakers have looked beyond secondary school, focusing on tertiary education as a way to fill the skill gap created by the rapidly growing demand for technical and professional jobs in the wake of the financial crisis in 1997. The over expansion of higher education and Korea’s fast aging population has led to a shortage of skills and a mismatch in the labour market. In response, Korea has recognised the importance of post-secondary vocational education and training (VET) which can play a critical role in retooling and upgrading the skills of the labour force.
This paper consists of two main parts: the formation and diffusion of skills. These two areas are related to the supply and demand of skills, and depend on each other to transmit the right skill signals in the labour market. The paper analyzes the formation of skills in the post-secondary VET setting and the skill demands of the labour market under one unified framework. It will emphasize the linkage between post-secondary VET and the labour market. The paper is presented in four parts: challenges and needs of the labour market; the formation of skills; the transmission of skill signals; and policy issues.
There are many big challenges in matching the supply and demand of skills in the labour market, three of which include: meeting the demand for high skilled jobs, the expansion of higher education amid high youth unemployment, and declining population. These issues are the most significant trends affecting the development of skills in Korea.
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