▲ people opposed specialized high schools` discontinuance.

The specialized private high schools are establised to offer various learning activity, activity for experience and many more. Only some students who have good grades in middle school can go to those schools. Those schools are 46 schools in South Korea, especially 26 schools are in Seoul. When people heard about the discontinuance of the specialized private high schools, 27 percent opposed and 52 percent supported this. People who opposed were mostly parents, and others who supported were mostly students.

 More than half of Korean people supported the discontinuance of the specialized private high schools. They thought that those schools could cause more intense entrance competition, instigate sequencing and give burden to parents because of high school expenses. In a TV program, Rhyu Si-min said that an academic clique discrimination is a serious problem in South Korea and not only specialized private high schools equalized general schools, but also schools offer additional curriculum that students want to learn. 

▲ Most of students have to select school which they want to go.

However, others opposed this because they thought that those schools make good studying atmostphere and give chances to study various fields, and instead of discontiuing, find solutions through analysis. Also, in TV program, Park Hyung Joon said that the diversity of schools is in trend and instead of discontinuing, improve the schools' disadvantages.

Specialized private high schools' discontinuance is a hot

issue nowadays. Some people supported this issue and others opposed this issue. They even protested on the street. Do we have to discontinue the specialized private high schools?

2017.7.23 Sunday
by Park Seon Hye