President Yoon Seok-yeol speaking at the State Council meeting on June 6, 2022 [자료사진: 연합뉴스 제공]
It is known that President Yoon Seok-yeol, who ordered all ministers to study semiconductors at the cabinet meeting yesterday, strongly rebuked the Ministry of Education, saying, “It is only meaningful when it plays a role in supplying scientific and technological talents.”
An official from the presidential office said at a briefing today, “If the Ministry of Education does not innovate to properly supply science and technology talents, the Ministry of Education may become a target of reform.”
For the semiconductor industry to do well, human resources must be properly supplied, so the Ministry of Education should recognize itself as an economic ministry and link with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, and the Ministry of Science and Technology Information and Communication to review policies and nurture manpower.
When Vice Minister of Education Jang Sang-yoon expressed difficulties in such a way that “it is difficult to train manpower because of the quota regulation of universities in the metropolitan area,” President Yoon is said to have said, “What kind of regulation is it?
President Yoon held an unusual ‘semiconductor special lecture’ at the cabinet meeting yesterday.
Lee Jong-ho, a semiconductor expert who served as the director of the Joint Semiconductor Research Center at Seoul National University, gave a special lecture first.
