Assemblyman Yoon Young-deok Proposes Bill Establishing Legal Basis for Installation and Operation of Special Classes in Kindergartens
Partial Amendment to the Early Childhood Education Act... Expected to Establish a Foundation for Inclusive Education
[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] A bill to establish legal grounds for the installation and operation of special classes in kindergartens has been proposed.
On the 5th, Representative Yoon Youngdeok (The Democratic Party of Korea, Gwangju Dongnam-gap) announced that he had introduced the "Partial Amendment to the Early Childhood Education Act" as the main proposer.
Currently, under Article 3 of the Special Education Act for Persons with Disabilities, special education recipients are required to receive education in kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, and high school as compulsory education. Articles 55 and 56 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act provide the legal basis for the establishment and operation of special schools and special classes.
However, according to the Ministry of Education's 2020 special education statistics, although about 86% of special education target children are placed in general kindergartens for inclusive education, there has been criticism that there is a lack of legal grounds for the installation and operation of special classes in kindergartens and that the qualification standards for special education teachers in kindergartens are insufficient.
The amendment proposed by Representative Yoon specifies the legal grounds for the installation of special classes within kindergartens to ensure that compulsory education for special education target children can be properly provided. It also establishes qualification standards for special teachers in special schools to create a foundation for efficient inclusive education.
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Representative Yoon said, "It has been over 20 years since the first Level 2 regular teacher of special schools (kindergartens) was assigned to a special school kindergarten in 2000," adding, "Special school (kindergarten) teachers have devoted themselves to providing high-quality inclusive education for special education target children, but since they are not specified in the qualification standards for teachers under the Early Childhood Education Act, which forms the foundation of kindergarten education, they have faced various difficulties."
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