[앵커]
It is presented every week.
Reporter Park Dae-gi’s economic atmosphere, today (1st), was also prepared by Reporter Park Dae-gi.
welcome
What are you talking about today?
[기자]
These days, ‘breakfast to win 1,000’ is popular.
The student cafeteria at the university sells breakfast for 1,000 won.
We covered the background and behind the popularity.
[앵커]
Parker Reporter has been to the scene, right?
Was it really crowded?
[기자]
Yes, the first keyword is the ‘open run’ of the student cafeteria.
It’s ‘open running’ because they run as soon as they open the door, but most universities that sell ‘1,000 breakfasts won’ are like that.
I went to Kyung Hee University yesterday (31st), and will take a look.
This is the student cafeteria of Kyung Hee University.
Long lines formed in front of the vending machines even before the ticket sales began.
This is because there is a limit of 130 each day, so if you are late, you cannot eat it.
Luckily, it wasn’t sold out that day, so I paid for it and ate it.
Steamy cabbage soup.
It’s not a very special menu, but it’s almost sold out except on Fridays.
After the 1,000 won breakfast, the number of students eating breakfast more than doubles.
[김주연/경희대 경영학과 : “보통 밥 먹으려면 만 원 정도 써야 하는데 천 원이면 좋은 거 같아요.”]
[앵커]
Of course, it is because of the high prices that students flock to these places.
[기자]
That’s okay.
The second keyword is “three-meal luxury”.
College students say that eating three meals a day is a luxury because of the cost of eating out, or even two meals a day.
The reason I didn’t eat breakfast was not because I was too sleepy, but because I had no money.
Let’s hear it yourself.
[유광형/경희대 철학과 : “원래는 점심 하고 저녁을 거의 먹었는데 아무래도 돈 부담이 되다 보니까 지금 천원의 아침식사 사업한 이후로는 아침하고 점심을 먹고 있거든요.”]
[안종범/한국외대 국제학부 : “자취생 입장으로서는 부담이 되는 터라 가끔은 늦은 점심을 먹어 하루를 한 끼로 해결하기도 합니다.”]
[이혜진/서울교대 : “대학생들도 식비 부담 없이 하루 두 끼 건강하게 먹고 지내고 싶습니다.”]
In fact, in a survey of college students, 77% of students cited ‘food expenses’ as the first expense they reduced after inflation.
[앵커]
In order to supply breakfast for 1,000 won, the government or the school must provide support, right?
How is it going
[기자]
This system is a project that the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has been implementing since six years ago.
However, only part of the government budget is supported.
Taking Kyung Hee University as an example, the original breakfast price is 4,000 won.
The government pays 1,000 won each, and the school pays for the remaining 2,000 won, so students can only eat 1,000 won.
[앵커]
It means that half the cost of the meals is paid by the university, but if that is the case, I think there are universities that do not participate because they feel this is a burden on them.
[기자]
So, the last keyword.
It is also said that the breakfast earned 1,000 is ‘the rich get richer and the poor get poorer’.
Where the university’s finances are strong or if the alumni association contributes, this project goes well.
However, there are many universities that do not.
There are 336 universities across the country.
Among them, 41 universities that participate in breakfast in 1,000 won accounting for only about 12%.
In the case of universities with financial difficulties, there are places where student cafeterias have disappeared.
In addition, the remaining student cafeterias also received 4,000 to 7,000 won per meal as prices rose, so the term ‘cheap student cafeteria’ has become an old word.
[앵커]
Can’t the government increase the budget a little more?
[기자]
The government announced that it would select additional participating universities by doubling the budget of around 800 million won this year.
However, since the subsidy amount per meal is 1,000 won, it will still be difficult for universities without funds to participate.
The reason why the government initially introduced this policy six years ago was to increase the consumption of rice.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, not other departments, made a policy to reduce the consumption of rice because young people do not have the habit of eating breakfast.
However, after its implementation, the reason college students skip meals was because they didn’t have money.
So, eat breakfast and skip lunch.
The monthly rent has gone up, and it is not easy to find a job.
In addition to food expenses, it seems that multifaceted policies are needed to support the self-reliance of the next generation.
Cinematographer: Cho Eun-kyung / Video editing: Park Joo-yeon / Graphics: Ko Seok-hoon
