South Korea’s education minister tendered her resignation on Monday following a backlash against proposed changes to school policy, which included lowering the admission age for elementary school.
Education Minister Park Soon-ae resigned after 34 days in office, just two weeks after the ministry said it would lower the elementary school entry age to 5 years old by 2025 upon social consensus.
“My latest policies were all for the benefit of our country’s citizens,” Park said at a press briefing, The Korea Times reported. “But clearly I fell short of expectations.”
Park was criticized for announcing the proposed policy without seeking public opinion. The public was also opposed to her plan to abolish foreign language high schools….