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Korean government has been calling for the innovation of education and training system to narrow the gap between school education and employers’ requirements and to address the high youth unemployment rate issue. The Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Human Resources Development Service of Korea introduced the Work-Learning Dual System in 2013. It was adopted to get rid of mismatches between school education and workplaces based on the National Competency Standards led by companies.
Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) announced the as a measure to enhance the city’s age readiness by supporting the younger elderly. The plan is one of the SMG’s social innovation model that has transformed towards the convergence of public policies to utilize the 50+generation as a meaningful social capital to cope with the city’s aging issues.