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[24 August 2010] - Students in Korea will be able to have a say in the process when education policies are formulated. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education said Tuesday its Superintendent Kwak No-hyun has proposed the creation of a "student participatory committee," a communication channel between student representatives and the capital's top educator. It will be the first time the country's students will be given opportunities to take part in the education policy-making process. According to the office, the committee will consist of three students, each representing elementary, middle and high schools. An official said the representatives will play the roles of communication channels by collecting complaints and suggestions from students for a better school environment... The top educator, who was a human rights activist, has worked toward improving student rights, since he took office last month. He recently launched a task force to review the current law on corporal punishment and ordered schools to scrap all forms of physical punishment. Further information
pdf: http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/08/117_71962.htmlAssociation: Korea Times