Korean media: In the 10 years, the number of students should be reduced to the first time the number of public teachers will be reduced for the first time next year

According to South Korea's "Central Daily", the Ministry of Education of Korea announced on the 19th that the number of preparations for public kindergartens, primary schools, junior high schools, and high school teachers next year will be reduced to 34.4906 million, a decrease of 2982 people this year. Since the 1970s, the number of South Korean teachers will usher in "negative growth" for the first time in 2023.

According to the Ministry of Education, the number of public teachers who belong to the national civil servants must be reviewed by Congress like other civil servants, and finally determined at the end of February each year. Public teachers include kindergartens, primary schools, junior high schools, high schools, and special teachers, non -disciplinary teachers (health, nutrition, book management, professional consulting), rotating teachers under the Education Department.

According to reports, the number of public teachers in South Korea has been steadily increasing in the past 10 years, from 3249.45 million in 2012 to 347.888 million in 2022, an increase of 22,943. However, the number of students in kindergartens, primary schools, junior high schools, and high schools in the same period decreased sharply. From 73.84788 million in 2012 to 5.879768 million in 2022, 1.5.55 million people.

The report pointed out that in fact, the number of newly hired teachers in South Korea is declining every year. In 2023, the number of teachers selected by South Korean public primary schools will be reduced by 197 compared with this year (3758), which is 3561. Especially in the Seoul region, the scale of elementary school teachers next year will be only half of this year (216) to 115.

The reason why the Korean government intends to make a "sword" to teachers is because the decrease in the number of Korean students in the future will be steeper. The future bidding results released by the South Korean Department of Statistics show that South Korea ’s school -age population (6 to 21 years old) will be reduced from 7.89 million in 2020 to 5.94 million in 2030, a decrease of 1.95 million. It was reduced to 1.59 million in 2030 and 1.13 million in 10 years.

Han experts believe that reducing the number of teachers is an inevitable choice. Li Minhuan, a professor at the Department of Global Financial at the University of Renho, said, "In order to cope with the crisis of reduced the school -age population, the number of teachers should be reduced and the number of enrollment of teachers should be reduced." In the end, it will be too required, leading to a decline in the quality of teachers. "

On the other hand, there are also opinions that not only reduce the number of teachers. Park Nangji, a professor at Guangzhou Education University, said, "In the case of a decrease in the number of students, it is necessary to try to improve the quality of education than reducing the number of teachers by unconditional cutting." Pei Xiangxun (Yin), a professor at the Department of Education of Chengjun Museum, pointed out that "In the equations of the number of teachers, the" number of students' is just a shaft, and the fourth industrial revolution and future education should be used as another axis heart. Comprehensive discussion of instructor supply and demand programs.

Source: Beiqing.com

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