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The curriculum that elementary, middle and high school students will learn changes significantly in 7 years.

The content was released today, and an ideological debate is taking place over the decision to reintroduce the expression 'liberal democracy' in the history course.



By Kim Kyung-hee, staff reporter.



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is a revision of the curriculum for high school Korean history subjects that will be applied from 2025.



It was described in the achievement standards of modern history as exploring the process of establishing the Korean government based on liberal democracy.



In the explanation of the achievement standards of the next unit, the expression of the basic order of liberal democracy appears.



The policy research team's proposal only marked democracy, but the Ministry of Education added freedom.



It is explained that the Ministry of Education has the authority to finalize and announce the final decision despite the opposition of the research team.



[Jang Sang-yoon / Vice Minister of Education: The research team has requested self-correction and supplementation several times, but an unresolved issue remains.

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The expression of democracy or liberal democracy was included or omitted from the writing standards or curriculum depending on the ideological tendencies of the government.



The conservative camp strongly opposes the idea that 'freedom' must be included as the current constitution mentions 'free and democratic basic order', while the progressive camp strongly opposes it, saying it was a concept borrowed from anti-communism and dictatorship.



The Ministry of Education even operated a communication channel for public participation in public hearings to avoid wasted debate, but progressives criticize it as a trick to reflect conservative opinions.





[Park Rae-hoon/President of the National History Teachers Association: History should not be used as a means of coercing

the ideology of the government, but the term liberal democracy is a problem because it is a term to impose a specific ideology and a specific ideology.]

After the notice, the final draft will be sent to the National Education Commission at the beginning of next month.



(Video coverage: Park Young-il, Hwang In-seok, video editing: Nam Il, VJ: Shin So-young, screen provided: National Research Institute)