This study analyzes the education welfare policy for the adolescents among North Korean refugees, which are
being emerged as socially alienated class, on the perspective of educational polarization and alienation through
policy outputs analysis framework and proposes policy implications. Study result is summarized as follows.
First, in terms of education welfare benefit allocation, beneficiary is selected by school, class, year, and region
so that externally it seems good. However, actually, there are many people who drop out of school curriculum.
Second, when it comes to education welfare benefit type, large portion of the benefit includes benefit in kind or
cash benefit so that it is analyzed that there are not enough programs giving opportunities to North Korean
refugee adolescents or giving chances for them to enhance their capabilities. Third, in terms of benefit delivery
system, Ministry of Gender Equality & Family(MGEF) has a separate education welfare delivery system in
comparison with Ministry of Education(ME) and Ministry of Unification (MU). However, other ministries except
ME and MU do not have concrete plans. Fourth, when it comes to benefit financial resource, MGEF and MU do
not establish necessary financing plans in detail. It is analyzed that ME pursues benefit delivery system as a
special grants project instead of normal budget one.
This study result has important implications for the direction setting and improvement of education welfare
policy, which can allow North Korean defector youth to have self-support ability and grow as a national power.