Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Proposes Incorporating 'Peace, Global Citizenship, and Sustainability' into Curriculum

The National Council of Provincial Education Superintendents Approves Inclusion of General Principles and Jointly Proposes to Government
Requests Inclusion of Peace, Global Citizenship, and Sustainability in the 2022 Revised Curriculum

Cho Hee-yeon, Superintendent of Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education (Photo by Yonhap News)

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education has decided to propose to the government to incorporate peace, global citizenship, and sustainability into the general framework of the 2022 revised curriculum.

On the 21st, the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education announced that on the 18th, during the general meeting of the National Association of Metropolitan and Provincial Superintendents of Education, they discussed reflecting peace, global citizenship, and sustainability in the general framework of the revised curriculum and agreed to jointly propose it. At the meeting, Choi Gyo-jin, chairman of the National Association of Metropolitan and Provincial Superintendents of Education, Do Seong-hoon, Superintendent of Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education, Lee Jae-jung, Superintendent of Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, and Lee Seok-moon, Superintendent of Jeju Office of Education, participated in the discussion.

The main content of the proposed agenda is to add an item in the general framework under "The type of person the curriculum aims to cultivate" stating "a person who practices peace as a global citizen and contributes to world peace and sustainability by transitioning to an eco-friendly way of life."

Along with this, they proposed to include ▲ in core competencies, "peace competencies and sustainability competencies that foster and practice global citizenship to prepare for a sustainable future in an uncertain global environment," ▲ emphasize "peace, global citizenship, and sustainability" as cross-curricular learning themes, and ▲ include discourse discussions on various concepts of peace that confront violence such as peace, global citizenship, inequality, discrimination and hatred, and ecosystem destruction in schools.

The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education explained that educational inequality, socioeconomic inequality, hatred, and discrimination have deepened due to COVID-19, and there is a need to emphasize values such as peace, global citizenship, and sustainability. The United Nations has also urged emphasizing these values in the direction and content of education to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals aimed at solving humanity’s common problems.

At the general meeting of the National Association of Metropolitan and Provincial Superintendents of Education in January, a proposal to reflect labor education-related elements in a balanced manner in the 2022 national curriculum revision was passed and has been submitted to the government.

Cho Hee-yeon, Superintendent of Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, said, "Through this government proposal to include ‘peace, global citizenship, and sustainability in the general framework of the national curriculum,’ our students will be able to grow as democratic citizens with enhanced future competencies," adding, "I hope that the 2022 national curriculum will reflect the direction of cultivating ‘people who contribute to world peace and sustainability by practicing peaceful, sustainable, and eco-friendly lives as global citizens.’"

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