South Korea intends to lower the age of admission from 6 years of age to 5 years old

The Ministry of Education of South Korea announced on the 29th that the adjustment plan of elementary school admission from the age of 6 to 5 years old will be announced to cope with the aging aging and the pre -school education gap in young children.

Yonhap News Agency reported on the 29th that Park Shunai, the deputy prime minister of South Korea and the head of the Ministry of Education, reported to the president Yin Xiyue on the same day the work plan, including the above content. This will be the promotion of school -enrollment adjustment programs after a lapse of 76 years.

The current "Education Law of Primary and Middle Schools" stipulates that all children who are 6 years of age should be enrolled in education on March 1 of the following year. The new plan has adjusted the threshold for enrollment from 6 years of age to 5 years. The current basic education system -primary school (6 -year), junior high school (3 -year), high school (3 -year) and university (4 -year system) remain unchanged.

The government plans to complete the relevant questionnaire survey during the year, and the trial plan was launched in 2023. Since 2024, it will be demonstrated in some regions. After forming a wide consensus in society, it will be implemented in stages nationwide since 2025.

If the plan is implemented in 2025, the elementary school enrollment in 2025 needs to be born from January 2018 to March 2019. The threshold for admission from 2026 was from April 2019 to June 2020, and from July 2020 to July 2020 to to July to until from July to until until from July to until until from July to until until from July to until from July to until from July to until from July to until from July to until from July to until from July to until until July to until from July 2020 Born in September 2021, from October 2021 to December 2022. As a result, some children born in 2019 are expected to enter elementary school 1 year in advance.

The Ministry of Education of South Korea plans to allow children of all classes to compete on a starting line, thereby eventually reducing the age of employment. The work plan also includes high school adaptation plans, including the abolition of foreign language high schools, as well as strongly cultivating talents such as cutting digital and popularizing programming education. The specific plan of the high school adaptation will be released in December this year.

Sichuan Observation (Source: China News Network)

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