Relaxation of Application Conditions for Gifted Education for Out-of-School Youth... Approval of the 'Gifted Education Promotion Act Amendment'

Recommendation Possible for Head of Gifted Education Institution
Allow Over 20 Participants in Remote Education

Conditions for out-of-school youth to receive gifted education will be relaxed.

The Ministry of Education announced on the 5th that the revision of the "Enforcement Decree of the Gifted Education Promotion Act," which includes these changes, was approved at the Cabinet meeting. Out-of-school youth refer to young people who have left school before completing the regular curriculum due to expulsion, withdrawal, deferment, non-enrollment, or dropping out.

Previously, out-of-school youth without an affiliated school were required to submit a recommendation letter from the head of their affiliated school or a supervising teacher along with the application form to gifted education institutions. The revision allows those without an affiliated school to attach "documents determined by the head of the gifted education institution" to the application form.

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Additionally, the number of students per class in gifted education institutions is regulated to be 20 or fewer for gifted schools, gifted classes, and gifted education centers. The revision permits exceeding 20 students per class when gifted classes or gifted education centers operate pre-education and post-selection courses remotely. Currently, some parts of the curriculum are provided online to applicants wishing to receive gifted education before selecting gifted education candidates and operating the curriculum.

Lee Ju-ho, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, stated, "This revision of the enforcement decree has improved and made more flexible the rigid factors that made it difficult for out-of-school youth to enter gifted education. Through this, we expect to contribute to discovering talented youth and diversify the selection methods of gifted classes and gifted education centers."

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