Expanding "Schools with Learning-Delayed Students" to "Students" for Educational Welfare Targets... Enforcement Decree Revised

Partial Amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Passed at the State Council
Establishment of Operational Basis for the Education Welfare Safety Net Project
Regulation to Include 'Matters Related to Prevention of School Dropout' in School Rules

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] Legal grounds have been established for superintendents to directly support students in need with education, welfare, and cultural programs through the education welfare safety net.

On the 22nd, the Ministry of Education announced that the partial amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act was reviewed and approved at the Cabinet meeting. This amendment was prepared to build an integrated student growth support system and strengthen dropout prevention, in line with the new government's national agenda.

The amendment expands the target of education welfare projects from the previous "schools with a high concentration of underachieving students" to "students" in general. As a result, it is expected that the Education Welfare Priority Support Project, which supports schools with many underachieving students to eliminate blind spots in education welfare, and the Education Welfare Safety Net Project, which directly supports students through education support offices, can be stably promoted.

Additionally, "matters related to dropout prevention" have been added to the items recorded in school regulations, requiring schools to stipulate dropout prevention activities in their rules. This amendment is expected to strengthen schools' efforts and improve efficiency in dropout prevention by formalizing dropout prevention projects, as well as the formation and operation of dropout prevention committees, within school regulations.

Vice Minister Jang Sang-yoon explained, "With this amendment to the enforcement decree, education welfare support for students in need will be strengthened thoroughly and comprehensively, while increasing schools' accountability for dropout prevention, thereby guaranteeing students' right to learn."

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