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Mission & Roles
Korean Education Centers are overseas educational institutions established by the Minister of Education to support lifelong education and other educational activities for overseas Koreans.
[Article 2(2) and Article 28(1) of the Act on the Support of Education for Overseas Koreans].
As of 2025, 47 Korean Education Centers are in operation across 22 countries worldwide,
The Korean Education Center in New York has jurisdiction over five states—New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania—and carries out the following responsibilities.
- 1. Korean Language Promotion
- We work with local departments of education as well as K–12 schools and universities to support the establishment of Korean language classes as a second foreign language and as part of bilingual programs.
- We support the operation of Korean language classes at public libraries in New York and New Jersey.
- We foster effective learning environments by providing Korean educational materials, Korean books, and support for Korean cultural experience events.
- We administer the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK) once a year.
- We offer our own Korean language courses at the Korean Education Center.
- 2. Heritage Education for Overseas Koreans
- We support the operation of Korean language schools so they can serve as a cornerstone of education for the Korean community, including assistance with new registration with the Overseas Koreans Agency, textbook supply, and financial support.
- We support the Korean language and translation contest hosted by the National Association of Korean Schools – Northeast Chapter (NAKS-NEC).
- We support study visits to Korea for overseas Korean middle and high school students.
- We offer training programs and workshops for teachers at Korean language schools and youth education practitioners.
- 3. Promoting Korea–International Educational Exchange
- We serve as a hub for cooperation between the Government of Korea, and the host country’s government, education authorities, and local governments.
- We support exchanges between educational institutions, including sister-school partnerships and MOUs between organizations.
- We help strengthen professional expertise by supporting training visits to Korea for Korean language teachers and education administrators, and by hosting international academic conferences.
- We provide administrative support such as arrival reporting and scholarship disbursement for government-sponsored international students.
- We cooperate in and support the operation of the WEST Program.
- 4. Recruiting International and Overseas Korean Students to Study in Korea
- We provide the latest information on studying in Korea through outreach study-abroad information sessions.
- We recruit and select scholarship recipients for the Korean Honor Scholarship (KHS) and the Global Korea Scholarship (GKS).
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