NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA Submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – July 2022 students with and without disabilities within the general education system. Efforts should be made to include a plan to convert to inclusive education in the 6th Fiveyear Plan for the Development of Special Education(2023-2027). ㅇ 「Article 5 (2) of the Lifelong Education stipulates the establishment and implementation of a policy for lifelong education for persons with disabilities. However, lifelong education facilities for the students with disabilities account for 6.5% of lifelong education facilities nationwide(269 out of 4,169), programs accounts for only 0.3% of all adult programs and the budget is 0.008% of the entire budget for education. 29 In addition, the participation rate in lifelong education is very low at 0.9%, compared to 40% of the lifelong education participation rate for all adults, according to the 2017 fact-finding research on persons with disabilities.30 □ Recommendations ㅇ The government should expand the budget to develop inclusive education and establish a plan to convert to inclusive education to gradually realize Article 24 of the Convention. ㅇ A disability-inclusive monitoring system should be introduced regarding education for persons with disabilities. ㅇ Budget for lifelong education for persons with disabilities should be expanded; the Act on Lifelong Education for Persons with Disabilities(tentative name) should be amended, and lifelong education institutions for persons with disabilities should be expanded to enable easy access and various programs in the local community. 42