Progressive Education Sector Launches 'Emergency National Education Roundtable'

The "Emergency National Education Roundtable," involving progressive education figures such as former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Yoo Eun-hye, former Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Superintendent Cho Hee-yeon, and former National Assembly Education Committee Chairman Yoo Ki-hong, was launched on the 23rd.

Former Seoul Superintendent of Education Cho Hee-yeon, former National Assembly Education Committee Chairman Yoo Ki-hong, and 40 education figures held the launch ceremony of the "Emergency National Education Roundtable" on the 23rd at the Roh Moo-hyun Citizen Center in Jongno-gu, Seoul.

The Emergency National Education Roundtable held its inaugural press conference in the afternoon at the Roh Moo-hyun Citizen Center in Jongno-gu, Seoul, announcing its commitment to discovering education and social reform agendas. More than 40 people, including former Minister Yoo and former Superintendent Cho, were listed as proposers.

They stated, "The Ministry of Education's organizational structure under the Yoon Seok-yeol administration has removed the Democratic Citizenship Education division," and added, "With the revival of neoliberal education policies, private education expenses have increased to unprecedented levels." They also pointed out, "The president's pledges and national tasks are being pursued in a disjointed manner, and the three major education reform projects?Yubotonghap Neulbom School, digital textbooks, and the Glocal 30 policy?are facing the risk of failure due to one-sided policy implementation."

Furthermore, they declared, "We will launch an emergency action in the education sector demanding the immediate resignation of Yoon Seok-yeol and punishment of collaborators in the insurrection, and conduct focused forums to discover agendas for comprehensive education and social reform."

In a separate declaration on the current situation, they said, "Looking back at the Yoon Seok-yeol administration's education policies, there was no philosophy, vision, direction, strategy, or prioritization," and added, "The lawless and arbitrary education policy implementation, initiated by Yoon Seok-yeol's words and blindly followed by his supporters, has destroyed our educational order." They further stated, "Beyond impeaching Yoon Seok-yeol, we also impeach the entire education structure that has driven us into despair."

They plan to hold four intensive forums every Thursday next month and work on discovering reform agendas to propose new education policies.

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