12. In the education sector, where women’s participation has traditionally been higher than other sectors, the rate of female teachers in elementary, middle and high schools reached 66.7% (Education Statistical Service, 2016); however, the glass ceiling is still thick for women with the rate of women principals of elementary schools stands at 28.7%, that of middle schools at 23.2%, and that of high schools at only 9.5% (Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, 2016). The gender gap becomes even greater at universities, and the proportion of female professors remained only at 14.2% at public/national universities (Ministry of Strategy and Finance, 2015). In the above-mentioned Five-year Plan to Promote Female Representation in the Public Sector, the Government announced its plans to expand the female ratio of professors at public/national universities to 19% and the female proportion of principals and deputy principals to 45% by 2022. Still, detailed plans should be followed on how to increase the number of female principals at high schools which currently shows the lowest figure. 13. The Government announced in the Five-year Plan to Promote Female Representation in the Public Sector that it would introduce the Female Executive Goal System for the first time to encourage equal participation of men and women in the decision-making process of public organizations and would expand the female proportion of executives including directors to the level of the OECD average (20.5%) by increasing it to 20% by 2022. However, a policy that prevents discrimination against women in the recruiting process at public organizations has not been in place. A relevant study 6 found that only one out of five new employees at 30 largest public organizations was a woman in 2016. The share of female employees has also drastically decreased from 25.6% in 2012 to 21.7% in 2016. Public organizations show an even lower share of female employees compared to private companies. In 2016, the female proportion of new employees at 50 major companies was 26.2% on average. Moreover, according to the announcement of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office (December 20th, 2017), public corporations such as Korea Coal Corporation and Korea Gas Safety Corporation have intentionally eliminated female candidates when 6 Chosun Biz, May 7th 2017, “Only one out of five newcomers at 30 largest public organizations was woman last year, gender equality goal system in the shade”