Human Rights Commission: "Human Rights Education for Prospective Teachers Must Be Strengthened"... Ministry of Education Rejects Recommendation
The National Human Rights Commission of Korea recommended that the Ministry of Education improve the system to strengthen human rights education for prospective teachers. However, the Ministry of Education has stated that it will not accept this recommendation.
On October 1, the Human Rights Commission announced that it had advised the Minister of Education to strengthen human rights education by, for example, making "human rights subjects" mandatory in the teacher training curriculum. However, the Ministry of Education effectively rejected this recommendation.
The Ministry of Education responded to the Human Rights Commission by stating that the establishment of a new liberal arts course for teacher training should be discussed with teacher training institutions and teachers, taking into account possible overlaps with other subjects.
In response, the Human Rights Commission expressed regret that the Ministry of Education did not accept its recommendation and stated that it was making the matter public to encourage implementation of the recommendation.
Additionally, the Human Rights Commission recommended that the presidents of 69 universities nationwide, including national universities of education and colleges of education, establish human rights subjects. With the exception of one university, the majority of these institutions expressed their agreement with the intent of the Human Rights Commission's recommendation and stated that they would develop alternative measures.
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The Human Rights Commission emphasized, "Human rights education for teachers is multidimensional, ranging from forming a human rights perspective on education to teaching methods for implementing human rights education." The commission added, "Given that human rights issues related to schools have become important topics in our society, it is necessary to expand the establishment of human rights subjects at teacher training institutions and to designate human rights subjects as mandatory courses for teacher certification, as well as to improve related systems."
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