I've seen a lot of articles saying that the ROTC military cadets aren't as popular as they used to be.
The Army Student Military School has extended the application for ROTC candidates, which was due to close earlier this month, to the beginning of next month.
This is because the number of applicants has decreased.
The competition ratio, which was 5 to 1 until 2015, has dropped sharply in recent years to 2.6 to 1 last year.
While the military service period of ordinary soldiers has been reduced to 18 months and treatment has improved, such as being able to use mobile phones after work, the ROTC maintains a long service period of 28 months, and is unable to enjoy the same benefits in the job market as before. because there is
Although President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol announced that he would shorten the ROTC service period from 28 months to 24 months as a presidential candidate, there are observations that it will not be easy to increase the number of applicants as before.