2) Student Human Rights Ordinance and Issue of Discrimination in the New Curriculum A) Continued Conflict over the Student Human Rights Ordinance and Controversy over the 2022 Revised Curriculum The student human rights ordinance is an ordinance enacted by each office of education to ensure that the dignity and value of students are guaranteed and realized in the school curriculum, and was first promulgated by the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education in Oct. 2010. Since then, it has been enacted by various local offices of education, and as of the end of 2022, it is being implemented in 7 out of 17 cities and provinces nationwide.677) Meanwhile, the curriculum announced by the Ministry of Education is the overall plan for what students will study and teachers will teach in the future. The student human rights ordinances and curriculum are considered important because they can have great impact on students who spend a long time at school, acquiring knowledge from classes, and interacting with people on campus. Conflict continues over these student human rights ordinances and curriculum. In the case of the student human rights ordinance, an attempt to abolish the already enacted ordinance appeared in 2022. In Chungcheongnam-do, from Aug. 22, 2022 to Feb. 25, 2023, resident petitions for the abolition of the Framework Ordinance on Student Human Rights are being collected, and in the Seoul Metropolitan Government, in Aug. 2022, a civic group submitted a list of resident applicants for the abolition of the student human rights ordinance to the Seoul Metropolitan Council. On the contrary, there are cases where the enactment of the student human rights ordinance was implemented. From Oct. 24, 2022 to Apr. 23, 2023, resident initiated signing for the Gangwon-do Student Human Rights Ordinance was conducted,678) and on Nov. 22, 2022, a resident initiative proclamation ceremony was held in front of the main gate of the Daejeon Metropolitan Office of Education to enact the Daejeon Student Human Rights Ordinance.679) 677) Gyeonggi-do, Gwangju, Seoul, Jeollabuk-do, Chungcheongnam-do, and Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, and Incheon Metropolitan City Office of Education. A total of 7 regions, including Incheon Metropolitan City, which is enacting and enforcing the Ordinance on the Promotion of Human Rights for School Members. 678) OhMyNews, “Gangwon-do student human rights ordinance, will it succeed this time?,” Nov. 3, 2022 679) News Free Zone, “Proclamation ceremony to enact the Daejeon Student Human Rights Ordinance,” Nov. 22, 2022. 278