Korea Teachers Federation Holds 'Education Policy Council' with Transition Committee on the 1st... Demands Retention of Ministry of Education
Postponement of High School Credit System and Call for Review of 2022 Curriculum, etc.
On the 23rd, Kwon Taek-hwan, Acting President of the Korea Teachers' Federation (right), visited the Presidential Transition Committee and explained education policy improvement tasks to Park Seong-jung, Secretary of the Science, Technology, and Education Division.
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The Korea Federation of Teachers' Associations announced on the 31st that it will hold an education policy consultation meeting with the Science and Technology Education Subcommittee of the Presidential Transition Committee (Transition Committee) on the 1st of next month to discuss improvements in education policy.
At the consultation meeting, the Federation plans to demand the retention of the Ministry of Education, postponement of the high school credit system, re-examination of the 2022 curriculum, and re-amendment of the enforcement decree for the abolition of autonomous private high schools and foreign language high schools.
Just before the policy consultation, the Federation will hold a press conference in front of the Transition Committee to express its stance on the consultation and key improvement tasks, urging the new government to reflect these policies.
They will also discuss changing the name of kindergartens to early childhood schools, strengthening public early childhood education, establishing a basic academic ability diagnosis and support system, reducing the number of students per class to 20 or fewer, enhancing school quarantine support, and enacting the Higher Education Finance Grant Act.
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The consultation meeting will be attended by Kwon Taek-hwan, acting president of the Federation, Kim Gap-cheol, vice president (principal of Seoul Boramae Elementary School), and Lim Un-young, vice president (teacher at Gyeonggi Gyeongil Tourism Management High School). From the Transition Committee's Science and Technology Education Subcommittee, members Kim Chang-kyung, Nam Ki-tae, and expert members Kim Yoon-jung, Hwang Hong-gyu, and Kim Il-su will participate.
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