A scene of a high school class sorting textbooks ahead of the new semester in February. Yonhap News
, ‘ The results of the evaluation of new middle school history and high school Korean history textbooks to be used at schools starting next year have been announced. ‘,
, ‘ The Ministry of Education has published the results of the evaluation of textbooks for elementary, middle, and high schools based on the revised 2022 curriculum in the official gazette on the 30th. Next year, new textbooks will be applied in 3rd and 4th grades of elementary school, 1st grade of middle school, and 1st grade of high school following the revised curriculum. ‘,
, ‘ Of particular interest are the middle school history and high school Korean history textbooks. ‘,
, ” During the Park Geun-hye administration, there was controversy over the nationalization of history textbooks, and during the Moon Jae-in administration, there was controversy over the ‘left-leaning’ criteria for writing textbooks that were changed to an evaluation system. As the textbooks are undergoing evaluation under the conservative government of the Yoon Suk-yeol administration, there could be controversies regarding ‘right-leaning’ aspects. “,
, ‘ For middle school History I and II, a total of 7 publishing houses have passed the evaluation by the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation. These include ▶Jihaksa ▶Miraen ▶Reverseschool Co., Ltd. ▶Bisang Education ▶Haeneum Edu ▶Cheonjae Textbook ▶Donga Publishing, among others. ‘,
, ” For high school Korean History I and II, a total of 9 publishing houses have passed the evaluation. These include ▶Donga Publishing ▶Bisang Education ▶Jihaksa ▶Reverseschool Co., Ltd. ▶Haeneum Edu ▶Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation ▶Cheonjae Textbook ▶Cimas Co., Ltd. ▶Miraen, among others. Among these, the high school Korean history textbook by ‘Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation’ has passed the evaluation for the first time this time. “,
, ‘ The textbooks that have passed the evaluation will be displayed at the school sites for on-site reviews starting from the 2nd of next month. After teachers and students select the textbook candidates through curriculum councils, the school operating committee will decide through deliberation by the school principal. ‘,
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