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| ▲ On the morning of the 20th, members of Congressman Deuk-gu Kang and the people who attended a press conference held by the world without worrying about private education hold hand signs. | |
| Ⓒ Yun Geun-hyuk |
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While President Moon Jae-in emphasized “overcoming the crisis to narrow the education gap” in his New Year’s address, Democratic Party lawmaker Kang Deuk-gu and the World Without Private Education Concerns (below Private Education Concerns) announced that they will revise the Education 4 Act to resolve educational inequality.
At 11 am on the 20th, member of the National Assembly Education Committee, Kang Deuk-gu and’Private Education Concerns’ held a press conference in front of the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, and said, “To restore the sports field tilted by the parents’ economic power and prevent the inheritance of educational background, the law to resolve educational inequality must be passed within this year. He urged.
In partnership with the concerns of private education, member Kang is planning to propose the’Education Inequality Relief Act’, which includes ▲ fact-finding surveys ▲ establishment of a five-year basic plan ▲ policy implementation and mandatory reporting of achievements, to resolve educational inequality within this week. Subsequently, in February, the Higher Education Act will be revised to expand the social integration screening process, the law against discrimination against high school students will be enacted, and the law on the human rights of infants and toddlers will be additionally proposed.
It is rare that education equality is put to the fore and four laws related to education are initiated at the same time.
At a press conference on the day, Rep. Kang said, “As elementary, middle and high school remote classes progressed, the educational gap in the background, such as the existing parents’ economic power, has deepened,” he said. “At the start of the new year, the first step that the National Assembly must take is realizing the right to equal education. “It is to revisit the law to do so,” he pointed out.
Rep. Kang explained, “The Education Inequality Resolution Act, which is scheduled to be initiated, is a law to ensure that education inequality is gradually resolved after a 5-year plan based on accurately diagnosing the cause of inequality through a survey.”
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| ▲ At 11 am on the 20th, Rep. Kang Deuk-gu of the National Assembly Education Committee and the World Without Private Education Concerns are holding a press conference in front of the Seoul Yeouido National Assembly calling for the passage of a law to resolve educational inequality. | |
| Ⓒ Yun Geun-hyuk |
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“Education is a social disparity,” said Hong Min-jeong, co-president of private education concerns, and said, “I hope the National Assembly will gather wisdom in passing a bill to resolve educational inequality regardless of the opposition parties.”
Participants at the press conference were holding hand signs with the words “Make sure to resolve the education gap deepened by the corona!” and “Estimated laws in the corona era, legislation to resolve educational inequality”.
One participant, who introduced himself as a parent raising three children on this day, said, “In the coronavirus situation, strengthening public education has emerged as an even more important issue. I hope that the law to resolve educational inequality will be passed, so that we can move forward to resolve polarization in education and society.” He also said.