Information on the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Republic of Korea the disability and extent of the disability according to medical criteria and registers and manages the grade of a person’s disability. Nowhere in the world can this system be found except in Japan and Korea. ② The current system does not take into account the differences in services required for each individual even if their disabilities are of the same type or grade. It is only utilized as a standardized and uniform means to determine the qualifications for various services or welfare benefits and does not reflect the diversity or needs of persons with disabilities. ③ The government has revealed plans to abolish the Disability Grading System by 2017, but detailed implementation measures have yet to be devised. 2) Recommendation ① The government should abolish the Disability Grading System which is applied without consideration of the differences among persons with disabilities based on medical criteria, and the provision of various services and the level of benefits should be determined according to the individual wishes and needs of persons with disabilities. 3. Article 6. Women with disabilities 3.1 Low-level of formal education among women with disabilities 1) Current status and problems ① The Initial Report states that the level of education among women with disabilities is lower than men with disabilities, but fails to analyze the cause behind such a phenomenon, and measures proposed to enhance the education level of women with disabilities only focuses on increasing opportunities for social education instead of formal education (primary and secondary education). NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA 4