39 185. The government policy regarding right to education of out-of-school children is lacking. 2) Questions 186. Please provide details on the government’s policies targeted to guarantee right to education for children who are excluded from public system. 187. What is the budget status for alternative schools that did not receive accreditation from the government? Issue 51. The Aims of Education 1) Current status 188. According to the Statistics Korea, the total expenses spent on private education in 2017 was about KRW 18.6 trillion, a KRW 600 billion (3.1%) increase compared to 2016. While the number of students that received private education showed year-on-year decline of 2.7%, the private education participation rate has increased 2.7%p, from 67.8% to 70.5%, and average of participated hours per week has also increased from 6.0 hours to 6.1 hours. The average participation rate of private education for elementary, middle, and high school students was 70.5%, and elementary school students marked the highest rate at 82.3%. The average of participated hours per week was 6.1 hours and elementary school students had higher average than the overall average with 6.7 hours. 189. If the income of household is large, private education expense of the household became higher. In 2017, households whose monthly income is under KRW 2 million spent KRW 93,000 per month per student, while households whose monthly income is over KRW 7 million spent KRW 455,000, showing the gap of 4.9 fold. Moreover, students in the top 10% of academic achievement spent KRW 342,000 per month per student, whereas students in the bottom 20%(81 to 100%) spent KRW 192,000, showing the gap of 1.8 fold. 190. The economic status of the household contributes to the four-year college entrance rate and wage differential occurs depending on the educational level, thus private education may affect the wage level. According to the Analysis of Policy Measures to Address Low Fertility Rates [Education] by the National Assembly Budget Office, released on Feb. 2017, when the spending on private education is divided into five different groups, the spending level of group five (KRW 611,000 per month) was about 15 times higher than that of group one (KRW 45,000 per month), and the entrance rate for top-tier colleges went higher as spending on private education increased. Group one’s four-year college entrance rate in Seoul was 23.3% whereas group five’s entrance rate was 50.0%, and higher spending on private education contributed to wage level after graduation. Based on private education spending, the monthly average wage for group five and group one were KRW 2.11 million and KRW 1.88 million, respectively.