- TITLE
- [Interview] UNESCO Policy Briefs on Early Childhood
- Date
- 2011.02.25
- Attachments
In 1997, the then Presidential Commission on Education Reform announced a proposal to reform the country’s early childhood care and education system, introducing the concept of the Early Childhood School (ECS) or Yoo-Ah-Hak-Kyo, an integrated care and education service, and the legislation of an Early Childhood Education Act. Six years later, these reform ideas are still being hotly debated, with little progress in implementation. To learn about the reform and its stalemate, an interview was arranged with Dr. Jung Na, Senior Researcher at the Korean Educational Development Institute, the architect of the proposal . The interview was conducted by Ms. Soo-Hyang Choi, UNESCO-Hqs., Paris, who prepared the present excerpts focused on the Early Childhood School. The next issue, no. 16, will contain excerpts from the interview on the Early Childhood Education Act. The opinions expressed in this note do not reflect those of the Government of the Republic of Korea or UNESCO.