Do you support increasing the number of medical faculty? …49% of high school students, parents, and teachers agree, 43% oppose = Korean public opinion poll

The percentage of high school students, parents, and teachers who support the South Korean government's plan to increase the number of students in medical schools was 49%. 43% of respondents were against the idea.
Kang Deok-gu, a member of the National Assembly Education Committee, and other members of the Democratic Party (opposition) will be speaking to high school students and their parents from the 13th to the 15th of this month.
- It was announced on the 19th that the following results were obtained from a questionnaire survey of 40,867 people, including teachers.
The government has decided to increase the number of admissions for medical schools starting with the entrance exam for the 2025 academic year, which begins in the second half of this year.
The company is promoting a plan to increase the number of employees by 2,000. When asked whether they approve of such an increase in the number of students, 48.6% of high school students, parents, and teachers answered ``yes.'' Those who answered 'against'
was 43.1%. However, when asked whether such a policy is realistically possible, 49.4% of respondents answered ``I don't think so,'' while only 3% of those who answered ``I think so.''
It was 9.7%. When asked whether they felt that there were currently not enough doctors in the country, 53.2% of respondents answered ``I think so.'' Among those in the Tokyo metropolitan area, 31.2% answered this way.
I got it. In non-metropolitan areas, the response rate was even higher at 46.5%. By region, the response rate that there is a shortage of doctors in the area of residence was 67.7% in Ulsan, and 67.7% in Ulsan;
The highest rates were Ranamdo (Jollanam-do) at 66.6%, Chungcheongnam-do (Chungcheongnam-do) at 57.4%, and Gangwon-do (Gangwon-do) at 43.1%.
Expanding the capacity of medical schools will resolve so-called unpopular departments such as pediatrics, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, and the shortage of human resources.
In response to the question whether or not, half (50.0%) answered 'I don't think so'. When asked whether they thought the number of ronin students would increase due to the expansion of medical school admissions, 82.5% of respondents agreed.
When asked whether they think education will become more intense, 70.9% of respondents answered yes. Rep. Kang said, ``Looking at the survey results, the public's sympathy towards increasing the capacity of medical schools has not been formed.
"However, there are concerns about the feasibility of the policy and its side effects." Furthermore, ``Increasing the capacity of medical schools is a major government decision and is absolutely necessary for the sake of the people, but simply increasing the capacity is not enough.
Health care alone cannot resolve the medical crisis. "Substantive measures are needed, such as establishing new regional medical schools, establishing public medical schools, and introducing a regional physician system."