School Principals Nationwide: "Cutting Education Grants Is Out-of-Touch Policy... Stop Immediately"

School principal associations across the country have voiced strong opposition to the government's push to reduce local education finance grants, demanding an immediate halt to unilateral discussions on the reform.

Four school principal organizations, including the Korean Elementary School Principals Association, issued a joint statement on June 22. They criticized the government's economic logic of cutting education funding due to a decline in the number of students, calling it an out-of-touch policy that fails to consider the fixed costs required to operate schools and classrooms.

They pointed out that in this era of AI transformation, securing financial resources is more critical than ever to improve the quality of public education, build infrastructure for future education, expand childcare services, and support special education.

Furthermore, they expressed deep concern over the attempt to unilaterally reduce funding without sufficient consultation with the education sector, emphasizing that they will firmly respond to any attempt that undermines the stability of local education finance.

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