"Admitting Only Male Students Is Discrimination"... Human Rights Commission Recommends Improvement in Meister High School Operations
9 Out of 54 Schools Nationwide Do Not Admit Female Students
"Restricting Educational Opportunities May Violate the Right to Equality"
The National Human Rights Commission of Korea has raised concerns about potential gender discrimination, pointing out the need for improvement regarding some Meister high schools restricting female student admissions or maintaining a low selection ratio for female students.
On May 21, the Commission announced that it had expressed the opinion to the Minister of Education that management and oversight should be strengthened to ensure that female students are not restricted from entering Meister high schools without reasonable cause, and that measures to support related budgets should also be established.
According to the Commission's investigation, 40 out of 54 Meister high schools nationwide admitted students regardless of gender, but the remaining 14 operated with different admission quotas depending on gender. The Commission's Committee on the Rights of the Child determined that certain schools either admitting only male students or setting a lower ratio for female students may violate the constitutional right to equality and the principle prohibiting gender discrimination in the field of education.
The Ministry of Education acknowledged that there are indeed some cases where only male students are selected at certain schools, but explained that the majority of Meister high schools operate as coeducational institutions. The ministry also stated that it is aware that gender-discriminatory elements have been pointed out in past decisions by the Commission, and responded to the Commission that it will strive for balanced student admissions through regular consultations and discussions with metropolitan and provincial offices of education.
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A representative from the Commission stated, "The practice of female students not being guaranteed equal educational opportunities as male students needs to be corrected."
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