Natural disappearance of local regions, local university crisis
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05.15 20:49
CEO Seong Dae-geun (Korea Institute For Education & Evaluation Advancement) said that the ‘crisis of national extinction’ is emerging as a social problem as Korea is currently entering a super-aging society due to rapid aging and a population shortage due to a very low birth rate.
In particular, compared to the metropolitan area, where intensive development is taking place while the population continues to decrease, development in local areas located outside the non-metropolitan area is uneven or slow, and universities in local areas with low demand located in these areas are accepting new students. He said that he was experiencing great difficulties due to the inability to recruit.
I think university is also another platform. In order to survive in the competition within all platforms, we need to prepare for it by taking countermeasures and putting countless considerations into it, but if we just shout out, ‘Let’s save local universities,’ we will never be able to hope for a fundamental solution.
What we must recognize is that ‘the people do not exist for the country, but the country exists for the people.’In this way, schools are for students, but if there are no students, the school will eventually have no choice but to close.
In addition, currently, in 2024, Korea will become a multiracial and multicultural country according to the standards of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and various policies and support related to this are being poured out.
As a matter of course, all institutions, including universities and companies, are paying attention or focusing on attracting foreign workers and international students. However, from the university's perspective, attracting foreign students is unlikely to be the main solution to the local university crisis.
The biggest problems currently facing the Republic of Korea, namely the severe low birth rate and the overcrowding in the metropolitan area, must be resolved together, and if this is not done, it is expected that it will be a policy that avoids the root of the problem and creates other problems.
We must never forget that various policies and support for balanced development between the metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas are essential, not optional, to save the Republic of Korea.
Currently, problems and seriousness related to education are clearly revealed, but this is only the beginning, and it will continue to lead to problems related to work, so it will be said that no one will be able to work in 10 to 20 years. In this way, it is predicted that eventually, starting with education, a phenomenon will occur in which the four major duties of citizens will collapse in a chain reaction in the following order: education > work > national defense > tax payment.
However, the current political world only shouts, 'The birth rate is low' and 'We need to solve the low birth rate,' but does not provide any effective policies or support. This is ultimately the same as ignoring the current situation and problems in Korea. does not exist.
Of course, the government and local governments provide support for youth support, childbirth support, etc. However, young people tend to lose motivation to work due to easy and abundant support policies, or prefer places that require only simple labor, and actually move to such places to get jobs. Support for childbirth and childcare is also a realistic problem. The reality is that there are many policies and supports that are insufficient or ineffective due to failure to reflect this.
Ultimately, the policies and supports currently being proposed and applied cannot be a solution when viewed from a long-term perspective. In order to achieve balanced development between the metropolitan area and non-metropolitan areas, it is necessary to first invest and support the metropolitan area's taxes in non-metropolitan areas for the non-metropolitan areas that lack support. However, in Korea, the political and economic interests are currently very unrealistic. . For example, no one is prepared for what will happen 10 years from now because they are only concerned about the immediate rise in house prices.
In addition, if you think about the '30 Glocal Universities' policy recently introduced by the government from a realistic perspective, it only seems to be one of the ways to prevent schools from closing due to a lack of population in local areas, and what does it do in the era of local population extinction? Well, there doesn't seem to be an exact roadmap on how to do it.
In addition, the government is pursuing a plan to relocate public institutions to local areas, and in many ways, this plan appears to be a plan for future generations, not for the present. In addition, the current plan seems to be focused only on distributing things from the metropolitan area to non-metropolitan areas and does not seem to take into account various characteristics such as regional characteristics and industrial characteristics. It is true that there is a lot of controversy.
For this reason, in order to prevent or delay the disappearance of local areas, it may be effective to first attract high-tech industrial complexes or establish various facilities for cultural and leisure activities in non-metropolitan areas. In this regard, looking at recent cases such as the Chungju city public relations man, it can be a good example of how even if there is just one good creator, the advantages of the facilities or places in the area can be promoted and even lead to an actual influx of tourists, and in the long run, It seems that this may actually serve as an opportunity to attract residents to the area.
When high-tech industrial complexes or facilities for culture and leisure activities are established, jobs for those working in those facilities will be created, and not only will this provide a foundation for local university talent to find employment, but it will also eventually lead to convenience stores and cafes. It is expected that the local economy will be revitalized by the construction of additional facilities such as living convenience facilities such as studio apartments and residential facilities, which will ultimately revive the market economy.
The lack of young generation, which is considered a problem in non-metropolitan areas, is often forced to move to enjoy things that were only available in the metropolitan area. For this reason, if something that can only be enjoyed in the metropolitan area is created in the non-metropolitan area, a similar environment will eventually be created, and the younger generation in particular will stay in the non-metropolitan area because they can enjoy it in the area or nearby areas without having to move to the metropolitan area. It is thought that people staying in the metropolitan area who were forced to move will also be able to move down to the provinces.
In addition, especially in the case of foreigners, who will be attracting more people in the future, they travel or study abroad simply because they like Korean culture such as K-POP and K-Drama, or because they are interested in the country called Korea after learning about it through SNS, etc. Since most people choose to go to Korea for work, etc.it is time for the development of non-metropolitan areas.
Now, like the younger generation in Korea, foreigners currently residing in Korea also tend to be reluctant to work in rural areas with slow development or in occupations or tasks that the younger generation in Korea avoids, so we need to focus on work and culture. It seems necessary to create a healthy local area where people can enjoy leisure activities and relieve the stress they experience in daily life.
As above, we must carefully study the problems currently facing Korea and non-metropolitan areas, and make great efforts to devise effective policies and support measures to achieve the best results.
CEO Seong Dae-geun was appointed as the central chairman of the Korea Regional University Revival Movement Headquarters last March and is carrying out activities to suggest a new direction for the extinction crisis faced by local universities and find alternatives.
In particular, compared to the metropolitan area, where intensive development is taking place while the population continues to decrease, development in local areas located outside the non-metropolitan area is uneven or slow, and universities in local areas with low demand located in these areas are accepting new students. He said that he was experiencing great difficulties due to the inability to recruit.
I think university is also another platform. In order to survive in the competition within all platforms, we need to prepare for it by taking countermeasures and putting countless considerations into it, but if we just shout out, ‘Let’s save local universities,’ we will never be able to hope for a fundamental solution.
What we must recognize is that ‘the people do not exist for the country, but the country exists for the people.’In this way, schools are for students, but if there are no students, the school will eventually have no choice but to close.
In addition, currently, in 2024, Korea will become a multiracial and multicultural country according to the standards of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and various policies and support related to this are being poured out.
As a matter of course, all institutions, including universities and companies, are paying attention or focusing on attracting foreign workers and international students. However, from the university's perspective, attracting foreign students is unlikely to be the main solution to the local university crisis.
The biggest problems currently facing the Republic of Korea, namely the severe low birth rate and the overcrowding in the metropolitan area, must be resolved together, and if this is not done, it is expected that it will be a policy that avoids the root of the problem and creates other problems.
We must never forget that various policies and support for balanced development between the metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas are essential, not optional, to save the Republic of Korea.
Currently, problems and seriousness related to education are clearly revealed, but this is only the beginning, and it will continue to lead to problems related to work, so it will be said that no one will be able to work in 10 to 20 years. In this way, it is predicted that eventually, starting with education, a phenomenon will occur in which the four major duties of citizens will collapse in a chain reaction in the following order: education > work > national defense > tax payment.
However, the current political world only shouts, 'The birth rate is low' and 'We need to solve the low birth rate,' but does not provide any effective policies or support. This is ultimately the same as ignoring the current situation and problems in Korea. does not exist.
Of course, the government and local governments provide support for youth support, childbirth support, etc. However, young people tend to lose motivation to work due to easy and abundant support policies, or prefer places that require only simple labor, and actually move to such places to get jobs. Support for childbirth and childcare is also a realistic problem. The reality is that there are many policies and supports that are insufficient or ineffective due to failure to reflect this.
Ultimately, the policies and supports currently being proposed and applied cannot be a solution when viewed from a long-term perspective. In order to achieve balanced development between the metropolitan area and non-metropolitan areas, it is necessary to first invest and support the metropolitan area's taxes in non-metropolitan areas for the non-metropolitan areas that lack support. However, in Korea, the political and economic interests are currently very unrealistic. . For example, no one is prepared for what will happen 10 years from now because they are only concerned about the immediate rise in house prices.
In addition, if you think about the '30 Glocal Universities' policy recently introduced by the government from a realistic perspective, it only seems to be one of the ways to prevent schools from closing due to a lack of population in local areas, and what does it do in the era of local population extinction? Well, there doesn't seem to be an exact roadmap on how to do it.
In addition, the government is pursuing a plan to relocate public institutions to local areas, and in many ways, this plan appears to be a plan for future generations, not for the present. In addition, the current plan seems to be focused only on distributing things from the metropolitan area to non-metropolitan areas and does not seem to take into account various characteristics such as regional characteristics and industrial characteristics. It is true that there is a lot of controversy.
For this reason, in order to prevent or delay the disappearance of local areas, it may be effective to first attract high-tech industrial complexes or establish various facilities for cultural and leisure activities in non-metropolitan areas. In this regard, looking at recent cases such as the Chungju city public relations man, it can be a good example of how even if there is just one good creator, the advantages of the facilities or places in the area can be promoted and even lead to an actual influx of tourists, and in the long run, It seems that this may actually serve as an opportunity to attract residents to the area.
When high-tech industrial complexes or facilities for culture and leisure activities are established, jobs for those working in those facilities will be created, and not only will this provide a foundation for local university talent to find employment, but it will also eventually lead to convenience stores and cafes. It is expected that the local economy will be revitalized by the construction of additional facilities such as living convenience facilities such as studio apartments and residential facilities, which will ultimately revive the market economy.
The lack of young generation, which is considered a problem in non-metropolitan areas, is often forced to move to enjoy things that were only available in the metropolitan area. For this reason, if something that can only be enjoyed in the metropolitan area is created in the non-metropolitan area, a similar environment will eventually be created, and the younger generation in particular will stay in the non-metropolitan area because they can enjoy it in the area or nearby areas without having to move to the metropolitan area. It is thought that people staying in the metropolitan area who were forced to move will also be able to move down to the provinces.
In addition, especially in the case of foreigners, who will be attracting more people in the future, they travel or study abroad simply because they like Korean culture such as K-POP and K-Drama, or because they are interested in the country called Korea after learning about it through SNS, etc. Since most people choose to go to Korea for work, etc.it is time for the development of non-metropolitan areas.
Now, like the younger generation in Korea, foreigners currently residing in Korea also tend to be reluctant to work in rural areas with slow development or in occupations or tasks that the younger generation in Korea avoids, so we need to focus on work and culture. It seems necessary to create a healthy local area where people can enjoy leisure activities and relieve the stress they experience in daily life.
As above, we must carefully study the problems currently facing Korea and non-metropolitan areas, and make great efforts to devise effective policies and support measures to achieve the best results.
CEO Seong Dae-geun was appointed as the central chairman of the Korea Regional University Revival Movement Headquarters last March and is carrying out activities to suggest a new direction for the extinction crisis faced by local universities and find alternatives.
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