“Infringement of students’ right to education and survival issues for companies
It should be introduced in its original form in schools.”,
▲ Park Jung-kwah, CEO of Cheonjae Textbook, speaks at a joint press conference held at the Irum Center in Yeouido, Seoul on the 13th, urging for the maintenance of AI digital textbooks’ status. Yonhap News, ‘On the 13th, publishers of AI digital textbooks expressed strong concerns over the passage of an amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which downgraded AI textbooks to educational materials, and stated that they would consider legal action.’,
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, ‘Publishers such as Gurum, Bluuga, I Hate Flying Bugs, Enuma, YBM, Cheonjae Textbook, and Cheonjae Education held a press conference at the Irum Center in Yeouido, Seoul, demanding that “AI textbooks be introduced to school sites in their original form.”‘,
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, ‘They stated, “Despite aligning with the government’s strict development guidelines, investing significant budgets, and hiring hundreds of new personnel, the passing of the amendment in the National Assembly has put us in a position to potentially lose the time and money invested.”‘,
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, ‘They also emphasized, “If the status of AI textbooks is downgraded to educational materials, it infringes on students’ right to education and poses a threat to the survival of companies,” and added that they would be forced to consider legal remedies such as filing for constitutional adjudication, administrative litigation, and civil lawsuits.’,
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, ‘Publishers pointed out, “If AI textbooks are changed to educational materials, it would make it impossible for the Ministry of Education to manage quality, and could lead to a decline in quality and personal information leakage issues.”‘,
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, ‘AI textbooks were expected to be introduced in March this year for English, Math, and IT subjects in 3rd and 4th grade in elementary school, and in 1st grade in middle and high school.’,
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, ‘However, as concerns about digital addiction grew, the opposition party passed an amendment defining them as educational materials rather than textbooks in a plenary session of the National Assembly on the 26th of last month, and sent it to the government on the 10th. The government plans to exercise its re-deliberation request (veto) authority.’,
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, ‘Taking into account various controversies, the Ministry of Education has decided to give schools the choice, rather than mandatory implementation as originally planned, regardless of the National Assembly’s re-vote results on the amendment for the duration of this year.’,
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