People lined up in thousands in Khatmandu, the capital city of Nepal, to take TOPIK (Test of Proficiency in Korean), to get jobs in Korea. All over Nepal, about 37 thousand people appeared for TOPIK, in August 2010 only.The report says that there were 27,618 applicants registered in Sri Lanka for next month’s test, while 29,583 people have applied to take the test in Vietnam. There were 2,426 applicants in Indonesia for this month’s test, which was a higher number than expected given that the test was administered during Ramadan.
In Pakistan, 98 percent of registered applicants took the test in December 2007, even though it was held the day Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated. In Phnom Penh, Cambodia, about 30,000 people participated in an orientation session for the TOPIK in March 2010.
“I think the international status of Korean, which was selected as the ninth most influential language in the world by the World Intellectual Property Organization in 2007, has grown,” said Jeong Eun-hee, an official for the Human Resource Development Services of Korea.
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In the wake of having have huge numbers appearing for exam the government has taken decision to make the tests "more" difficult. For more details read here.
This may happen to foreign students as well IF the numbers increase, by the way, the numbers have already increased dramatically since 2002 from 7000 to 70,000 in 2009. According to a report, Korea has doubled the number of scholarships to hit a target 100,000 foreign students by the year 2013. Korea has the lowest number of international students among the OECD countries. According to another report, a separate job portal and immigration related website especially targeting the international students will be operational soon.For more Read here. By the way, foreign students make up only 1% of the student body in Korean universities. Moreover, about 220,000 or more Korean students leave for foreign countries every year, out of which 30% opt for the US and only 35-40% return to Korea.
Back to migrants, in an another article of the The Himalayan (Nepali Newspaper), it says that:
In Pakistan, 98 percent of registered applicants took the test in December 2007, even though it was held the day Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated. In Phnom Penh, Cambodia, about 30,000 people participated in an orientation session for the TOPIK in March 2010.
“I think the international status of Korean, which was selected as the ninth most influential language in the world by the World Intellectual Property Organization in 2007, has grown,” said Jeong Eun-hee, an official for the Human Resource Development Services of Korea.
Read the original story here .
In the wake of having have huge numbers appearing for exam the government has taken decision to make the tests "more" difficult. For more details read here.
This may happen to foreign students as well IF the numbers increase, by the way, the numbers have already increased dramatically since 2002 from 7000 to 70,000 in 2009. According to a report, Korea has doubled the number of scholarships to hit a target 100,000 foreign students by the year 2013. Korea has the lowest number of international students among the OECD countries. According to another report, a separate job portal and immigration related website especially targeting the international students will be operational soon.For more Read here. By the way, foreign students make up only 1% of the student body in Korean universities. Moreover, about 220,000 or more Korean students leave for foreign countries every year, out of which 30% opt for the US and only 35-40% return to Korea.
Back to migrants, in an another article of the The Himalayan (Nepali Newspaper), it says that:
".......Nepal government will send only 9.49 per cent of all the applicants to South Korea for work. In effect, 90 per cent of those who completed the formalities for recently-concluded Korean Language Test (KLT) will see their investments and endeavours bearing no fruit and going to drain..."
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