National Vocational Training Institute in Korea

The second Korean Five-Year Economic Development Plan aims at export expansion, capital mobilization and efficient manpower utilization. The Plan also envisages an increase in the level of technology and productivity by promoting scientific and management skills to meet the country's projected need for additional professional and technical personnel. Therefore the Government of Korea is being assisted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with the International Labor Organization (ILO) as executing agency, in the development and implementation of a national industrial vocational training scheme. For this purpose, ILO is providing, expert services, fellowships and special equipment in connection with the establishment of a Central Vocational Training Institute at Kusan-Dong near Seoul. The Institute's trainees gather at a ceremony honoring one of their number.