conclusion, the review found that Ethics and Social Studies Curriculum of 2007 featured
significant amount of human rights contents compared to other curriculums and provided
diverse coverage of human rights contents spread evenly from Grade 3 to Grade 10.
However, lack of coverage of ‘basic concepts of human rights’ and disproportionately
intense coverage of ‘reasonable resolutions for and participation in human rights issues’
indicated unbalanced coverage. However, the coverage on human rights education was
significantly reduced in the 2009 Curriculum Revision.
As for human rights education at school, 75.7% of teachers and 69.1% of students
responded they had received the education at school, suggesting that the human rights
education at school had spread to a great extent. However, only 23.5% of students who
received the education responded that they well understood the meaning of human rights,
which shows that despite dramatic increase in quantity of education, there is still a long
way to go in terms of quality, given low awareness of both teachers and students on human
rights documents. Furthermore, there was a gap in awareness of rights of students between
teachers and students, and education failed to induce actions. Nevertheless, as teachers and
students who have been educated on human rights show greater interest in human rights
than those who have not, more systematic human rights education is likely to raise
awareness of more teachers and students.
F. Research on Human Rights-Oriented Management of Information Resource of
Government
The Commission carried out the research in conjunction with the industry-academia
cooperation unit of Korea University after recognizing the fact that there was a lack of
regulatory system dedicated to protection of right to information privacy even though the
government retains an extensive amount of data. The research reviewed status of data
management by government entities and identified a gap between the principle of data
management by data life cycle and legal systems. It also uncovered causes for conflicts
between efficiency and human rights in managing the National Education Information
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