Dongsan High School Autonomous Private High School Cancellation Invalidated in First Trial 'Victory'... 10 Wins in 10 Cases for Autonomous Private High Schools

Victory in Gyeonggi Following Seoul and Busan

Ansan Dongsan High School (Source: Dongsan High School Website)

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] On the 8th, the Administrative Division 4 of Suwon District Court (Presiding Judge Song Seung-woo) ruled in the lawsuit filed by Dongsan Academy Foundation against the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education to cancel the designation cancellation of autonomous private high schools (Autonomous Private High Schools, JaSaGo), stating, "The cancellation of the JaSaGo designation for Ansan Dongsan High School is canceled."

Ansan Dongsan High School received a score of 62.06, about 8 points short of the 70-point re-designation standard for JaSaGo in June 2019, and was notified of the cancellation of its designation by the Gyeonggi Office of Education. Busan Haeundae High School and eight JaSaGo schools in Seoul (Kyunghee, Paeje, Sehwa, Soongmoon, Shinil, Joongang, Ewha Girls' High School, Handae Girls' High School) also had their JaSaGo designations canceled en masse.

These 10 JaSaGo schools filed injunctions to suspend the effect of the cancellation of their JaSaGo designations and administrative lawsuits, arguing that the Office of Education changed the evaluation criteria in advance without proper notice, and that the new evaluation criteria at the time of evaluation were made disadvantageous to the schools, making the evaluation itself unfair. With the victory of Ansan Dongsan High School, the lawsuits filed by 10 JaSaGo schools in Seoul, Busan, and Gyeonggi against the education authorities regarding the cancellation of JaSaGo designations were all resolved in favor of the JaSaGo schools in the first trial.

The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education plans to announce its position on the trial results later. The Busan Office of Education and Seoul Office of Education, which previously lost, have both appealed.

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