Gyeonggi Province Recruits 95 Participants for 'Gyeonggi Youth Ladder Program' Offering Overseas Training Opportunities

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Kim Gap-dong] Gyeonggi Province announced on the 8th that it is openly recruiting 95 participants for the 'Gyeonggi Youth Ladder' program, which provides overseas training opportunities for youth.

The Gyeonggi Youth Ladder program is a program that offers overseas training and local cultural experience opportunities to economically vulnerable youth, helping them explore career paths and develop themselves. The province previously operated the Gyeonggi Youth Ladder program targeting young adults last year and has expanded the target to include youth this year.

Participants in the Gyeonggi Youth Ladder program will visit North American countries including Detroit, U.S. and Toronto, Canada for three weeks from July 22 to August 11 during the summer break period to participate in language training and various local experiences.

Participants will receive support covering all program costs including airfare and accommodation for overseas language training, educational program fees, as well as pre-training and post-management services.

Eligibility requirements include having a registered address in Gyeonggi Province as of the announcement date, being a youth from basic livelihood security recipient households, legally recognized near-poor households, or legally recognized single-parent families, and being in the third year of middle school through second year of high school, or equivalent age youth (born 2007-2009), with no disqualifying factors for visa issuance or overseas training participation.

Youth wishing to apply can do so through the Gyeonggi Lifelong Education Promotion Institute website (https://www.gill.or.kr) from the 8th until 6 p.m. on the 23rd. Following document screening and interview assessment, final participants will be announced on May 17.

Cho Tae-hoon, head of the Lifelong Education Division, said, "Gyeonggi Province will make efforts to provide more opportunities through the Youth Ladder program for youth to broaden their perspectives on the future and challenge themselves toward their dreams and grow."