Last year, the Human Rights Committee expressed its opinion of “academic discrimination”
73% of local governments abolished or under review
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Of the 30 local governments that have maintained the so-called’prestigious university entrance scholarships’, which have been criticized for mass-producing academia, 22 are considering removing or abolishing the scholarship. On the 22nd, a letter of request for improvement of the scholarship payment system according to the school (academic level) received by the National Assembly’s Board of Education Member’s Office Kang Deuk-gu (Democratic Party) and the educational civic group’Private Education Concerns’ (Private Education Concerns) received from 30 scholarship foundations of county-level local governments. In the response data, 13 places (43.3%) that abolished or confirmed the abolition of scholarships for admission to a specific university or department, and 9 places (30%) expressed their willingness to improve after collecting research services and expert opinions. Earlier in February of last year, the National Human Rights Commission of Korea said, “Payment of scholarships to specific schools and departments without a reasonable reason is a result of competition for college admissions, and it is a result of the competition for college admissions. They expressed their opinion to improve the standards. Since then, eight of the 38 local governments that initially provided scholarships to prestigious universities have abolished the scholarships, but 30 have maintained scholarships despite the opinions expressed by the Human Rights Commission. This time, 22 out of these 30 sites expressed their intention to abolish or actively improve. (▶Related articles: Local government scholarship foundation that only gives scholarships to prestigious universities and medical students… Human Rights Commission “discrimination”) However, eight places, including Yeongwol-gun and Jeungpyeong-gun, announced that they will maintain scholarships for admission to prestigious universities this year. Private education concerns said, “The local governments are struggling to come up with measures to reduce the local population, but in order to prevent the outflow of local talent, it is necessary to expand the scope of scholarships to a large number of people who want to settle in the area to induce local settlement.” It is desirable to eliminate the signs of discrimination.” By Lee Yoo-jin, staff reporter [email protected]