Last Change:
06/30/2025
Act on Recognition of Credits, etc.
Year: 2011
Type: Domestic law
Rights Category: Education, Documentation
Description
The purpose of this Act is to realize the ideology of continuing education, to contribute to the self-realization of individuals and to the development of the State and society by granting persons, etc., who have completed a course of study assessed and certified, an opportunity of academic background being recognized and of obtaining a degree through the recognition of credit points.
Selected provisions
(1) The Minister of Education shall recognize corresponding credit points for a person who has completed a course of study assessed and certified as prescribed in Article 3 (1). <Amended by Act No. 8712, Dec. 21, 2007; Act No. 8852, Feb. 29, 2008; Act No.11690 Mar. 23, 2013>
(2) The Minister of Education may recognize corresponding credit points for a person falling under any of the following subparagraphs: <Amended by Act No. 8676, Dec. 14. 2007; Act No. 8712, Dec. 21, 2007; Act No. 8852, Feb. 29, 2008; Act No. 10000, Feb. 4, 2008; Act No.11690 Mar. 23, 2013; Act Nos. 13229 & 13248, Mar. 27, 2015>
1. A person who has completed a course of study as prescribed by the Higher Education Act, the Lifelong Education Act or school regulations at schools or continuing education facilities prescribed by Presidential Decree;
2. A person who has completed a course of study equivalent to university or college education in a foreign country or in the region north of the Military Demarcation Line;
3. A person registered as a part-time student who has attended classes as prescribed in Article 36 (1) of the Higher Education Act or Article 32 or 33 of the Lifelong Education Act;
4. A person who has obtained qualifications prescribed by Presidential Decree or who has completed a course of study necessary to obtain such qualifications;
5. A person who has passed an examination prescribed by Presidential Decree or has completed a course of study that exempts participants from taking such examination;
6. A person who is recognized to hold national intangible cultural heritage pursuant to Article 17 of the Act on the Preservation and Promotion of Intangible Cultural Heritage or a person who has received successor training thereof, as specified by Presidential Decree.
(3) Deleted. <by Act No. 6434, Mar. 28, 2001>
(4) Where a person has obtained recognition of credit points prescribed in paragraph (1) or (2) by deceit or other fraudulent means, the Minister of Education may cancel such recognition of credit points. <Newly Inserted by Act No. 8916, Mar. 21, 2008; Amended by Act No.11690 Mar. 23, 2013>
(5) Standards and procedures for recognition of credit points prescribed in paragraphs (1) and (2) and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended by Act No. 8712, Dec. 21, 2007>