CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1(Purpose) #
The purpose of this Act is to contribute to the development of communities and the State by training creative industrial human resources meeting the needs of the industrial world, by setting up an efficient research and development system, and by developing, spreading, diffusing, and commercializing new knowledge and technologies necessary for the growth of industries based on linkage between education and research through the promotion of industrial education and the acceleration of industry-academia-research cooperation. <Amended on Jul. 25, 2011>
[This Article Wholly Amended on Dec. 21, 2007]
Article 2(Definitions) #
The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Jul. 25, 2011; Dec. 30, 2013; Mar. 24, 2020>
1. The term "industrial education" means education provided by an industrial educational institution referred to in subparagraph 2 to assist students to acquire knowledge, technology, etc. necessary for engaging in industrial activities or starting up a new business, and developing entrepreneurship:
(a) Deleted; <Jul. 25, 2011>
(b) Deleted; <Jul. 25, 2011>
(c) Deleted; <Jul. 25, 2011>
2. The term "industrial educational institution" means any of the following schools which provide industrial education:
(a) A high school or technical high school prescribed by Presidential Decree, the objectives of which are to provide education linked to industrial demand or to train experts in particular fields;
(b) A specialized school which provides specialized curricula in occupation or career development and vocational education;
(c) A university (referring to schools defined in the subparagraphs of Article 2 of the Higher Education Act, Article 5 of the Special Act on Establishment and Management of Foreign Educational Institutions in Free Economic Zones and Jeju Free International City, higher educational institutions from among foreign educational institutions of which establishment is approved pursuant to other statutes to which that Article applies mutatis mutandis, and institutions prescribed by Presidential Decree from among other higher educational institutions established under other statutes; hereinafter the same shall apply);