Parents of Daewon and Yeonghoon International and progressive civic groups stood up to cancel the redesignation.

Today (25th) at the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education in Jongno-gu, Seoul, two international officials were holding a final hearing, and a fierce OTC public opinion exhibition was held outside the office.

Parents of Daewon and Yeonghoon International, who have been holding silent protests in front of the school district since the 22nd, have been holding their seats since 9:00 am today. Parents wore raincoats and said,'Specialized education YES! We condemned the decision by the Department of Education by holding a picket with the phrases such as'Priority Education NO!','Unfair evaluation criteria, designation cancellation opposition', and '10 out of 10 points of student satisfaction'.
One international parent said, "The evaluation criteria were changed in the middle of the school district's characterization, and the indicators adversely affected the school. Nevertheless, the school scored 65.8 points, which differed only by 4.2 points from the 70 points." Claimed there was. He also said, "Is it right to get rid of schools where students, parents, and teachers are all satisfied with this difference?"

Hwang Min-young, the chairman of the International Steering Committee for the International Steering Committee of the International Middle School, said that the superintendent of the Seoul Metropolitan Government, Hee-Yeon Cho, admitted that there would be “legally unreasonable” against the reassignment of the redesignation. On the 16th, when the Superintendent Cho said that there would be a constitutional appeal and a legal response to the abolition of international affairs, it was a pinch of responding to the fact that "there is also an adverse aspect of the court struggle."
On the other hand, the Seoul Education Association, where 30 civic groups, such as the Seoul Teachers' Association of the National Faculty of Workers' Union (formerly Kyojo), joined forces, held a press conference to urge the cancellation of the re-designation of the international community and helped the decision of the DOE.

"International middle school students have been pointed out that they are'noble schools' due to tuition fees of more than 10 million won per year from birth, injustices related to admissions, and suspicion of preferential treatment." "It was confirmed that they committed corruption in the entrance exam."

He continued, "It is finally 15 years after the voice of opposition to the international community came out, and the decision was made to cancel the reassignment." .

Daewon International Middle School held a hearing for about 2 hours from 10 am. Yeonghoon International Middle School has been hearing since 3pm.

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