Career and vocational education for students with disabilities to be linked to employment

Agency to support mandatory hiring compliance, job development and workplace improvements

A promotional booth of the Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disabilities at the 2026 Regional Economy Innovation Expo [Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disabilities]
A promotional booth of the Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disabilities at the 2026 Regional Economy Innovation Expo [Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disabilities]

South Chungcheong Province's education office is partnering with the Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disabilities to expand hiring of people with disabilities. The two organizations will work to connect students with disabilities to employment after they complete career and vocational education, and will also identify job roles within educational settings that people with disabilities can fill.

The Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disabilities and the South Chungcheong Provincial Office of Education signed an MOU Tuesday at the education office's second conference room to promote the employment of people with disabilities.

Under the agreement, the agency will help the education office meet its mandatory employment obligations for people with disabilities and provide tailored support for job development and workplace improvements.

The two organizations also agreed to strengthen career and vocational education for students with disabilities and improve pathways to employment, with a focus on identifying jobs suited to each student's abilities. They will support workers with disabilities in performing their duties after being hired and will cooperate on raising awareness about employing people with disabilities.

Lee Jong-seong, president of the Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disabilities, said he hopes the agreement will serve as an opportunity to expand employment of people with disabilities in educational settings. "We will create a new turning point for the employment of people with disabilities through job development tailored to the new employment environment and changes in digital technology," Lee said.


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