Revolving because the work scholarship was cut off… 'Seizure' University "Isn't there anything to report?"

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There are 'working scholarship students' who work at the school or at an external institution and receive a scholarship from the state.

There are many students who are mainly from difficult families, and some universities have reported that their school bankbooks have been confiscated, and that students are not receiving money even though they are working.

Let's look at reporter Lim Tae-woo's report first.

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Mr. Choi, a first-year college student, is making a living with the national labor scholarship.

He has not been able to receive the 700,000 won scholarship for over a month.

First of all, I am living on a credit card loan with an interest rate of close to 20%.

[Mr. Choi/National Work Scholarship Student: I cannot borrow from my parents, and I have to solve it by myself, so I am using the card revolving service to solve it now.]

Another work scholarship student gave up her studies when the money did not come in even after working. I'm thinking about doing it.

[Mr. Kim/National Work Scholarship Student: (School) has too much money, so I want to solve it on my own, but that doesn't work, so I get stressed and sensitive, and I often have troubles (conflicts) with my family...

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The university they attend was designated as a so-called insolvent university, where government support was cut off last year because the ability to teach students did not meet government standards.

As it was designated as an insolvent university, the number of students enrolled and tuition decreased, and the school staff's health insurance fee of 300 million won was in arrears.

The work scholarships given by the state must go through the school bankbook as a procedure, but as the bankbook was seized, about 60 working scholarship students were unable to receive the wages they should have received, that is, the work scholarship.

[University employee: Since it is a national scholarship bankbook

, I have submitted all the documents to the court through a lawyer to prove that it cannot be foreclosed.]

It is a position that there is no.

[University officials: Isn't it a bit difficult to cover only listening to students?

I guess there isn’t much to report?]

(Video editing: Choi Hye-ran, VJ: Shin So-young)

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Reporter Lim Tae-woo is with me.

[Reporter Lim Tae-woo: The fact that the bankbook containing the student scholarships was seized is purely the school's responsibility for not paying health insurance premiums of hundreds of millions of won.

If you hit it as an office worker, you can't get a salary even if you work, but the school's countermeasure is nothing other than applying for the release of seizure.

The school would have to provide unpaid scholarships or come up with a realistic alternative, even temporarily, but it was unfortunate that there was no such effort.] 

[Reporter Lim Tae-woo: Looking at the school's homepage now, they are eager to attract students, saying that they will give a scholarship of 3 million won if they become a freshman this year.

At the same time, we are openly guiding scholarships that are becoming a problem.

If you don't know the current situation where you can't receive scholarships even after working, freshmen can suffer the same damage.]

[Reporter Lim Tae-woo: As in the reported case, it is understood that there are three or four more universities where school bankbooks are seized and scholarships are tied up.

However, the authorities are not notified of the seizure of school bankbooks, so the Ministry of Education is unable to identify this blind spot.

The money you work and receive is both a scholarship and a wage, so it is urgent to come up with measures to deliver it on time.]