Pukyong National University

"Give students an opportunity to find what they want to do and a chance to go through trial and error."

- Kim Dong-Yeon, former Deputy Prime Minister of Economy's guest lecture… Under the theme of 'Breaking the Taboo of University Education'

Pukyong National University held a special lecture on July 30th by inviting Kim Dong-Yeon, former Deputy Prime Minister of Economy and Minister of Strategy and Finance.

This morning, the event was held at the Academy Hall on the first floor of the Dongwon Jang Bogo Hall on the Daeyeon Campus of Pukyong National University and was held under the title of a special summer lecture of the Pukyong CEO Happy Humanities Concert 2021.

Former Economic Minister, Kim Dong-Yeon, gave a lecture on the subject of 'Breaking the Taboo of University Education' to the participants.

Kim Dong-Yeon, former Deputy Prime Minister of the Economy, said, "Taboos are things we do not even think we should change, or like things we do not even dare to change. It is difficult to break the taboo due to the lack of human imagination, but once it is broken, the taboo will trigger another taboo-breaking."

As an example of breaking the taboo of university education, he mentioned the 'PARAN own curriculum semester' that he implemented while he was the president of a university, "With the intention of causing a stir up troubles in university education, students applied for studies and activities they wanted to try and actually opened them as subjects, and subjects that professors could not have imagined came out. In this way, universities should provide opportunities for students to try to find what they want to do and experience trial and error."

"Universities should not try to follow Seoul National University anymore. Universities can survive only when they take the lead in characterization," he continued, "Although there are many regulations from the Ministry of Education, there are also too many regulations of the university itself. We need to find these regulations and start breaking taboos."

Kim Dong-Yeon, former Economic Minister also said, "In a situation where opportunities are few and even the few opportunities are not given evenly, I believe that the opportunity allocation recruitment such as the regional allocation of high-qualified human resource recruitment for public institutions and the local talent selection for university entrance exams should be expanded."

The event was held in the presence of only President Jang Young-Soo and officials from the university headquarters in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and comply with quarantine rules. <Pukyong Today>

△ Kim Dong-Yeon, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Economy is giving a lecture

△ The special lecture was held at the Academy Hall on the 1st floor of the Dongwon Jang Bogo Hall.

△ Participants pose for a group photo after the event.

△ Former Deputy Prime Minister Kim Dong-Yeon (left) and University President Jang Young-Soo pose for a commemorative photo.