2023-06-16 09:06:16
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◆ Top priority is ‘reform of CSAT’
Private education expenses at an all-time high
Willingness to normalize through ‘fair discrimination’
Completion of reorganization of reservation integration preliminaries
Full-scale discussions on glocal universities and structural reforms
President Yoon Seok-yeol took out the sword of education reform. It is interpreted that the neglect of the CSAT, which cannot be covered by public education alone, is due to the judgment that private education expenses have been raised to an all-time high. There is also an analysis that it is an expression of the will to normalize the college entrance exam through fair discrimination. What is noteworthy is that President Yoon is personally taking care of big educational reform tasks, such as reorganization of the college entrance exam, integration of reservations, and university innovation. It means to prevent reforms from being put on the brakes due to conflicts between ministries. However, some point out that the speed may be slow regardless of the will of the president as there are reform tasks that require law revision.
The reform task that President Yoon chose as a priority is the reorganization of the college entrance exam. The issue of private education expenses is not a new thing, but it was judged that special measures were needed as private education expenses continued to skyrocket even after the inauguration of the administration.
Last year, the first year of the Yoon Seok-yeol administration, the total amount of private education expenditures for elementary, middle and high schools was 26 trillion won, the highest since statistics were compiled in 2007.
It was also in March, when statistics on private education expenses were released, that President Yoon ordered the Ministry of Education to reorganize the CSAT. President Yoon ordered the Ministry of Education at the time to prevent questions that deviate from public education from appearing in the CSAT. He even used the expression “cartel” to target the education authorities because he saw that the instructions were not properly implemented. In response, President Yoon took the direction key and began to take care of educational reform tasks. With President Yoon directly stepping in, it seems that education reform will accelerate. Right away, the Ministry of Education plans to announce measures to reduce private education. However, it is expected that confusion among test takers and parents will be inevitable as the topic of reorganizing the CSAT comes out five months before the CSAT. Lim Seong-ho, CEO of Jongno Academy, pointed out, “The rolling season will start soon, and from the standpoint of a high school senior, it is inevitable to be confused about whether to take the CSAT or apply for the entrance exam.”
In particular, there are voices saying that the expression of discrimination has increased confusion. Song Gyeong-won, a member of the Justice Party’s policy committee, pointed out, “It is not easy to raise questions within the scope of public education while maintaining discrimination.”
Opinion is raised that it is difficult to reduce private education expenses only by reorganizing the college entrance exam. Park Nam-ki, a professor at Gwangju National University of Education, said, “Just because the CSAT is getting easier doesn’t mean that private education expenses will decrease. For discrimination, universities have no choice but to introduce various systems, and in that case, another private education service is required. ” analyzed.
As President Yoon directly ordered education reform, other educational reform tasks besides reducing private education expenses are accelerating. Consolidation of reservations is a typical example. Organizational reorganization, which is a prerequisite for the integrated management of kindergartens and daycare centers, has been completed.
The glocal university project, one of university innovation projects, is also expected to gain momentum. Discussions on university structural reform, which provides a way for marginal universities to retreat, are also in full swing.
Jeong Je-young, a professor of education at Ewha Womans University, said, “If the president directly takes care of reform tasks, cooperation among ministries can be strengthened and accelerated.”
However, as there are tasks that require legislative revision, some voices say that it remains to be seen whether or not the reform is completed. In the case of reservation integration, it is a task that requires law revision. It is known that there is no difference of opinion between the ruling and opposition parties, but in order to transfer the authority related to daycare centers from local governments or the Ministry of Welfare to provincial and provincial offices of education, the basic law system, which is divided into the Early Childhood Education Act and the Infant Care Act, must be revised first. The Ministry of Education plans to establish a ‘management system integration plan’ for organization and finance this month, promote the enactment and revision of related laws by September, and plan to integrate reservations from 2025.
It is not easy to pass the law on university reform due to differences of opinion between the ruling and opposition parties.
The ‘Act on Support for Structural Improvement of Private Universities’ was proposed by the ruling party, Rep. Lee Tae-gyu of People’s Power, in September of last year, and is currently pending in the Standing Committee, the Education Committee. On the 9th of last month, Democratic Party lawmaker Kang Deuk-gu, a member of the education committee, proposed a bill on support for structural improvement of private schools in the opposition party. However, the ruling and opposition parties are at odds over whether or not to pay ‘dissolution incentives’.
In addition, in the case of the regional innovation-centered university support system (RISE) promotion plan, the ‘Act on Nurturing Local Universities and Balanced Talents in Local Universities’ was established to transfer the administrative and financial authority of universities held by the Ministry of Education to the region and prepare the necessary grounds for project promotion. need to be amended.
Rep. Lee said, “The Act on Support for Structural Improvement of Private Universities is also in line with the Glocal University and RISE projects.”
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