A survey result showed that 7 out of 10 high school teachers oppose the high school credit system introduced in 2025.
As a result of a survey of 2,206 high school teachers nationwide by the Korea Federation of Teachers' Associations, a teacher organization, 1,595 (72.3%) answered 'opposition to the high school credit system'.
The high school credit system is a system that recognizes graduation when a student selects a desired subject, listens, and completes the credits.
Among the teachers who oppose the high school credit system, 38.5%, the largest number, said 'Understanding the school system and various conditions' was followed by 'Student selection and emphasis on self-direction cannot fully guarantee the results of education'.
The number of teachers who favored the high school credit system was 611, or 27.7%, and half of them responded that 'the curriculum needs to be changed based on career aptitude'.
91.2% of the total survey subjects answered 'yes' to the question of whether they think the supply and demand of teachers will become a problem if the selection of subjects is expanded with the introduction of the high school credit system.
Regarding whether the introduction of the high school credit system and the abolition of private high schools and foreign language high schools would have the effect of overcoming the ranking of schools, the negative responses of 'no' were more than 10%p more than the positive responses.