Korean Churches Federation Urgent Statement: "2022 Revised Curriculum Undermines Autonomy of Private Schools"

Korean Churches Association Urgent Press Statement
Concerns Over Infringement on Private School Autonomy in 2022 Revised Curriculum
Insufficient Public Consensus Also Pointed Out as an Issue

[Asia Economy Reporter Seomideum] The Korea Christian Council, a corporation, has issued a statement from the Korean church regarding the 2022 curriculum revision.

The statement revealed by the Korea Christian Council at an emergency press conference held at a restaurant in Jung-gu, Seoul, at 4 p.m. on the 4th contains three main points. First, to promote the 2022 revised curriculum based on national consensus. Second, to stop attempts to submit the curriculum while the Minister of Education position is vacant. Third, to clearly present the educational vision and policies of the Yoon Seol-yeol administration.

In this regard, the Korea Christian Council announced three church positions. First, content based on biased ideology must be completely revised. The Korea Christian Council pointed out, “The 2022 revised curriculum enforces a distorted sexual consciousness that denies the original human existence composed of male and female to children by realizing biased sexual concepts and terms such as ‘gender,’ ‘sexuality,’ and ‘unprotected sex’ instead of the value of ‘gender equality’ stipulated in Article 36 of the Constitution.”

Second, they expressed concern about premature attempts to revise the high school credit system. The Korea Christian Council explained, “While revising the high school credit system to guarantee educational choice is welcome, if it is forced without the prerequisite of improving the university entrance examination system, it will cause great confusion on the ground,” adding, “It will inevitably cause problems of ‘educational imbalance’ by concentrating on subjects advantageous for entrance exams and the phenomenon of ‘private education frenzy.’”

Third, they argued that the education authorities should present a curriculum that considers the uniqueness and autonomy of private schools. The Korea Christian Council claimed, “The uniqueness and autonomy of private schools are the foundation of private schools legally guaranteed, but the 2022 revised curriculum places national public schools and private schools on the same level, fundamentally restricting the realization of educational diversity according to founding ideals,” and “Christian schools have become practically impossible to organize a Christian curriculum to realize their founding ideals.”

Present at the scene were Ryu Young-mo, chairman of the Korea Christian Council; Pastor Lee Jae-hoon of Onnuri Church (Chairman of the Mission Network Educational Corporation); Ko Myung-jin, co-chairman of the Korea Christian Council; Kim Jong-jun, Kim Woon-sung, and Park Sang-jin, directors of the Mission Network Educational Corporation; Shin Pyeong-sik, secretary-general of the Korea Christian Council; and Ham Seung-soo, secretary-general of the Mission Network Educational Corporation.

The Ministry of Education held a public hearing on the ‘2022 revised curriculum’ on the 8th and collected opinions. After the review and resolution process, it plans to finalize it within this year.

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