Gyeonggi Province Hosts Skills Competition for People with Disabilities

Gyeonggi Province will host a skills competition for people with disabilities at four locations, including Seongnam Technical College, over three days beginning the 9th.

The competition will feature 179 athletes participating, including 105 people with physical disabilities, 35 with hearing and speech disabilities, 22 with intellectual disabilities, 5 with visual disabilities, and 12 with other disabilities. They will compete across 25 occupations, including computer programming and baking.

Nineteen occupations, such as lathe work, computer repair, and woodcraft, will be held at Seongnam Technical College. Four occupations, including traditional Korean clothing and jewelry crafts, will be held at Ansan Rehabilitation Training Center, ceramics at Icheon Korean Pottery High School, and baking at Seongnam Pastry and Baking Academy.

The province will select three winners in each occupation category and award certificates and medals, along with prize money (30,000 won for first place, 20,000 won for second place, 10,000 won for third place).

Additionally, participants will be exempted from practical exams for national technical certification tests, and first-place winners will be eligible to participate in the National Skills Competition for People with Disabilities.

All participating athletes will receive an encouragement allowance of 50,000 won each.