Korea Securities Depository (KSD) KSD Nanum Foundation said on the 24th that it held the "2025 Dream Growth Scholarship Certificate Award Ceremony" at the Korea Securities Depository (KSD) Seoul headquarters on the 23rd.
In this "Dream Growth Scholarship Program," a total of 565 students from 64 specialized high schools nationwide participated. Of them, 401 were selected as scholarship recipients and 55 specialized high schools were chosen as outstanding schools, and a total of 270 million won in scholarships and school development funds was delivered.
The "Dream Growth Scholarship Program" is a performance-linked scholarship program that supports scholarships and school development funds based on students' results on the Teen MaeKyung Test, a finance and economics literacy test, for specialized high school students nationwide.
The top student received a 2 million won scholarship (Sim Subin of Wonju Finance and Accounting High School); two students with outstanding individual scores and 52 students with outstanding scores by school received 1 million won each; the other participating students received 150,000–800,000 won in scholarships according to their scores.
The top school (Wonju Finance and Accounting High School) received 5 million won in school development funds; four outstanding schools (Daedong Taxation High School, Seoul Girls' Commercial High School, Gwangju Girls' Commercial High School, Jeonnam Girls' Commercial High School) and six schools with improved performance (Gyeonggi Logistics High School, Sejeong High School, Gimhae Hanil Girls' High School, Shinban Information High School, Daejeon Shinil Girls' High School, Ganggyeong Commercial High School) received 3 million won each in school development funds; the other participating schools received 2 million won each.
Lee Sun-ho, chair of the Korea Securities Depository (KSD) KSD Nanum Foundation, said, "Through the Dream Growth Scholarship Program, we will continue to support students so they can deepen their understanding of finance and economics, discover hidden talents, and grow into future talent."