preventing school violence. Therefore, recommendations were submitted on 52 tasks to the Prime Minister, the Minister of Education, Science and Technology, and 17 city and provincial Educational Superintendents (July 9, 2012). In response, the Minister of Education, Science and Technology expressed the intent to fully accept 34 recommendations and partially 16 out of the 52 recommendations in total, and other relevant organizations accepted or considered the recommendations positively. H. Policy Recommendation to Develop Textbooks in Accordance with Human Rights Standards The NHRCK has monitored the implementation of a plan to introduce pro-human rights education courses and textbooks that have been prescribed by the NAP. To this end, the Commission recommended that the Minister of Education, Science and Technology adopt a policy to render textbooks more friendly and put into them the value of human rights, by correcting the contents of textbooks that are found to contradict with, disregard or ignore the value of human rights, including i) those strengthening gender stereotypes and gender discrimination, ii) those associated with a discriminatory perception about the socially disadvantaged and minorities, and iii) those resulting in prejudice against a specific ethnicity or people from certain places (September 6, 2012). In response, the Minister of Education, Science and Technology accepted most of the Commission recommendations except for those concerning gender discrimination, people with disabilities, and the right of workers and a few other cases, and revised the textbooks accordingly. I. Recommendation to Conduct an Investigation on Discharged Soldiers with Tinnitus The NHRCK recommended that the Minister of National Defense “take stock of discharged soldiers with tinnitus (including those with hearing difficulties) by conducting a comprehensive investigation” on April 18, 2012. The Minister submitted an answer on Chapter 1. Improvement of Laws, Regulations, Policies and Practices 47