China News Service, August 8. According to a comprehensive Yonhap News Agency report, on the 8th local time, South Korean Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Park Shun-ae held an emergency press conference and resigned due to the controversy caused by the reorganization plan of the school system.
According to the report, this is only 34 days since Park Soon-ae took office as Minister of Education.
She was also the first state councilor to resign after the Yin Xiyue government was established.
Park Soon-ae said that all the responsibility for disputes such as adjusting the school system rests with herself.
At the end of July, the South Korean Ministry of Education announced an adjustment plan to reduce the primary school enrollment age from 6 to 5 years old, in order to cope with the declining birthrate and aging population and narrow the preschool education gap.
But the opposition continued to grow, with parents, education and political circles urging Park Soon-ae to step down.