Opinions on the first National Report of Korea on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ② The current system is designed to determine the types and amount of services available to disabled persons solely based on the grade of their disabilities, which results in issues with human rights that different disabilities, needs and circumstances of individuals are not taken into consideration. 2) Recommendation The government should abolish the Disability Grading System which determines disability grades solely based on medical criteria, and instead it should provide welfare services customized to the characteristics, circumstances and needs of individuals with disabilities. 3. Article 6. Women with Disabilities 3.1 Women with Disabilities 1) Current status and problems ① The National Report states that the level of education among women with disabilities is lower than men with disabilities, but fails to analyze the cause behind the discrepancy, and measures proposed by the government to enhance the education level of women with disabilities focus on increasing opportunities for only social education instead of formal education (primary and secondary education). ② According to the 2011 Survey on Persons with Disabilities conducted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the percentage of women with disabilities with only primary school education or lower (including no school education) stood at 62.3%, while the ratio of women without disabilities was 22.3%, with men with disabilities at 31.9% and men without disabilities at 10.1%. As such, the proportion of women with disabilities with primary school education or lower NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA 7