훈련의 권리, 시장의 늪: 실업자훈련의 시장주의적 재편에 대한 소고

In the past 15 years economic crises have caused big changes in the Korean vocational training system for the unemployed. Recently similar and overlapping training programs were combined into a new vocational training voucher system. England and the United States pursued the reformation of vocational training for the unemployed before Korea. However, the performance of market oriented reformation is unclear. The cases show that several prerequisites are needed for the successful reformation of the system. Since the Korean vocational training voucher emphasizes the choice and the responsibility of consumers and promotes the efficiency of the training market through competition among training providers, it shows the stereotype of market oriented reformation. As the number of training programs, training providers, and training participants through market oriented reformation of vocational training for the unemployed has increased, it initially seems that the opportunity and the right of training have improved. However, since institutional mechanisms such as training counseling, evaluation, and information systems, which are helpful for rational choice do not work properly, vocational training for the unemployed has fallen into a distorted market swamp. This causes training quality and performance to be low. To escape biased market principle, vocational training for the unemployed that aims to enhance training rights and efficiency of vulnerable social groups is necessary for rebuilding of the training delivery system, expansion of infrastructure, and redesigning roles of stakeholders, especially, including government.