국립 부경대학교

부경대학교 류장수 교수(경제학부)가 한국직업능력개발원 제9대 원장으로 선임됐다.

국무총리 산하 경제·인문사회연구회는 지난 28일 이사회를 열어 류 교수를 신임 원장으로 선임·의결했다고 밝혔다.

임기는 2023년 12월까지 3년이다.

한국직업능력개발원(KRIVET)은 국무총리 산하 국책연구기관이다.

직업교육 훈련정책 및 자격제도에 관한 연구와 직업교육훈련 프로그램의 개발·보급 등 직업능력개발에 관한 연구사업을 통해 직업교육훈련의 활성화와 직업능력 향상에 기여함을 목적으로 1997년에 설립됐다.

류 신임 원장은 경북대학교 경제학과를 졸업하고 서울대학교에서 경제학 석·박사학위를 받았다. 1995년부터 부경대 경제학부 교수로 재직해 오고 있다.

그는 중앙노동위원회 공익위원, 교육과학기술부 지방대학․전문대학 발전위원회 위원장, 부경대 기획처장, 교육부 대학구조개혁위원장, 제11대 최저임금위원회 위원장, 대통령 직속 국가균형발전위원회 위원 등을 역임한 고용노동 전문가이다.

류 신임 원장은 한국경제신문 30일자 ‘평생교육 시대…직업역량 키울 프로그램 개발’이라는 제목의 인터뷰에서 “4차 산업혁명 시대 직업과 교육의 개념 및 틀이 모두 바뀔 것.”이라면서, “학교 교육과 직업 교육을 연결하는 대대적인 교육 개편이 필요하다.”고 밝혔다.

이 신문은 류 신임 원장에 대해 “역대 정부마다 경제·노동·교육 분야의 정책 자문 및 개발을 맡아온 이 분야 최고 전문가로 꼽힌다.”고 평가했다.

류 신임 원장은 이 기사에서 “연구·이론 중심의 일반대학, 직업교육 중심의 전문대학, 평생교육을 할 수 있는 직업훈련기관이 서로 연계하는 교육 패러다임을 구상하는 일이 시급하다”고 말했다.

이어 한국직업능력개발원의 운영방향에 대해 “비대면·디지털 사회에 적합한 교육훈련 프로그램 개발에 집중해 코로나19 상황에 적합한 교육 프로그램을 개발해나가겠다.”고 밝혔다. <부경투데이>

Professor Ryu Jang-soo was elected as 9th president of the KRIVET Korea research Institute for Vocational Education & Training
"Evaluated as the best expert in the fields of Economy · Labor · Education" ... a total of 3 years until 2023, his term of office

Professor Ryu Jang-soo (Department of Economics) of Pukyong National University was elected as the 9th president of the Korea research Institute for Vocational Education & Training (KRIVET).

The National Research Council for Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences (NRC) under the Prime Minister announced that it held a board meeting on the 28th and decided to appoint Professor Ryu as the new president.

His term of office is three years until December 2023.

Korea research Institute for Vocational Education & Training (KRIVET) is a national research institute under the Prime Minister.

It was established in 1997 with the aim of contributing to the vitalization of vocational education and training and improvement of vocational skills through research projects on vocational competency development, such as research on vocational education and training policies and qualification systems, and development and distribution of vocational education and training programs.

The new president, Professor Ryu, graduated from Kyungpook National University, Department of Economics, and received master's and doctoral degrees in economics from Seoul National University. He has been working as a professor since 1995 at the Department of Economics at Pukyong National University.

He is an employment who has served as a public interest member of the National Labor Relations Commission, a chairman of the Development Committee of Local universities and Junior colleges of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and who served as the chief of Planning Division, a chairperson of the University Structural Reform Committee, as well as the 11th Committee president of the Minimum Wage at Busan Regional Human Resources Development Committee (Busan HRD) , and a member of Presidential Committee for Balanced National Development Committee (NABIS).

New president Mr. Ryu said in an interview titled 'Era of Lifelong Education… Development of a program that will increase job competency' which was published in the Korean Economic Daily on 30, December, "In the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the concept and framework of jobs and education will all change. Therefore, a major educational reform is needed that links school education and vocational education."

The newspaper evaluated Mr. Ryu, the new president, "He is regarded as one of the best experts in this field, who has been in charge of policy advice and development in the fields of economy, labor, and education for each successive government."

In this article, Mr. Ryu, the new president said, "It is urgent to envision an educational paradigm in which general universities focusing on research and theory, vocational education-centered vocational colleges, and vocational training institutions that can provide lifelong education are interconnected."

He continued, referring to the direction of operation of the Korea research Institute for Vocational Education & Training, "We will focus on developing education and training programs suitable for untact · digital society, and develop education programs suitable for the Covid-19 situation." <Pukyong Today>