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Show Explanation Made Of Korean GI Bill Stipulations (This is the second of a series of articles on education and training for veterans under the Korean GI Bill). Although entitlement may be extended for veterans in schools, or taking correspondence courses, to permit them to complete a semester, quarter or course, entitlement en-titlement may not he extended for apprentices or other on-the-job trainees. For flight trainees, entitlement will be used up at the rate of one day for each $1.23 paid to them as education and training allowances. One fourth of the elapsed time in taking correspondence training train-ing will be charged against a veteran's entitlement. Elapsed time is measured from enrollment enroll-ment date to the date his last lesson was serviced by the institution. in-stitution. Selection of a Program The veteran should decide, first upon a specific goal he wants to reach. It may be either educational, educa-tional, professional or vocational. vocation-al. He should choose the type of training that would best help him reach his goal, and, then select a school or training establishment estab-lishment that offers the type of training he will need. An educational goal would be the attainment of a diploma, degree or certificate of scholastic scholas-tic attainment. A professional must be law, medicine or some other profession. A vocational goal would be the job the training train-ing leads to, such as steamfit-ter steamfit-ter or machinist. The veteran may train in a school outside the United States, provided his course is taken in an approved institution of higher high-er learning. Courses in bartending, dancing danc-ing or personality are prohibited by law. However, other "so-called avocational or recreational" courses may be approved if the veteran submits justification to VA that the course will be of some bona fide use in his present or contemplated business or occupation. oc-cupation. VA approval should be obtained before starting the course. Applyln gfor Training To apply for training, the veteran vet-eran must obtain an application applica-tion blank (at any VA office): fill It out completely; attach photostatic or certified copies of both sides of his discharge or separation paper, and send it to his. nearest VA office not to VA headquarters in Washington, D. C. If approved, VA will send him a Certificate for Education and Training. He presents this to his school or training establishment, and arranges with the school or establishment to start his training. train-ing. If aiming for a college degree, the veteran should state the degree de-gree in his application. If he is going to college, not for a degree, de-gree, he should list the subjects making up his program. If he is going to school below the college col-lege level, he should list the coures leading to his objective. And, if he is training on-the-job, he should put down the employment em-ployment objective for which the course will qualify him. |
