Private Kindergarten 'Edufine Forced Nullification' Lawsuit Dismissed by Court

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[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] Large private kindergartens that were forced to use the national management accounting system 'Edufine' have received a dismissal ruling in the lawsuit they filed in objection.

The Administrative Division 2 of the Seoul Administrative Court (Presiding Judge Jeongmin Lee) on the 14th dismissed the invalidation lawsuit filed by about 160 kindergarten principals against the Ministry of Education. A dismissal means that if the lawsuit or claim does not meet the requirements, the court ends the trial process without judging the claim itself. However, separately from this ruling, as the Kindergarten 3 Acts passed the National Assembly plenary session, private kindergartens must mandatorily adopt Edufine starting from March.

Previously, principals operating private kindergartens with more than 200 children filed a lawsuit claiming that the Ministry of Education's regulation mandating the use of Edufine for private kindergartens violates the Constitution and laws. At that time, as the processing of the 'Kindergarten 3 Acts' was delayed in the National Assembly, the Ministry of Education amended this regulation, a subordinate ordinance, to make the use of Edufine mandatory for private kindergartens with more than 200 children. In response, the kindergarten principals argued that attempting to restrict citizens' rights and obligations by amending a subordinate regulation without legal revision violates the Constitution and is therefore invalid.

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