일학습병행법 시행 관련 쟁점과 향후 과제

Korean Dual Act (effected on August 28, 2020) brought a turning point in Korean dual system, but the Act does not guarantee the success of it. Here, five issues were reviewed regarding the enforcement of the Act. First, the obligation for an employer to hire dual trainees as permanent employees when they pass external evaluation seems to accord with the basic philosophy of Fixed-term Act which allows maximum 2 years of fixed-term contract in principal. Second, ‘the training hours outside the workplace’ which companies are not obligated to pay wages, need to include class hours in regular schools or joint training centers outside the supervision of the employers. Third, without giving National Technical Certificates to holders of Dual Certificates, it is necessary to inform the public that Dual Certificates are equivalent to National Technical Certificates in the same trades. Fourth, as Dual certificates and Course-evaluation National Technical certificates are similar ones based on the National Competency Standards, they need to be gradually unified. Fifth, it is necessary to differentiate study vs. work between 「field-learning program」 and dual program in technical high-school. For the development of optimal Korean dual model, future studies are invited, based on more theoretical frameworks (such as institutional theory, varieties of capitalism, etc.) to analyze various factors affecting the success of dual systems under different environments among countries.