학업중단숙려제의 입법영향과 개선과제

Abstract

The National Assembly in South Korea has enacted legislative amendments for protecting school dropout youth. Based on the「Elementary and Secondary Education Ac t」and「Enforcement Decree of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act」, the head of school shall provide the mandatory program to students who are at risk of dropping out of school. As the full legislation of the program of mandatory delay before school drop-out has been effective since 2014, critics has reacted in a relatively simple way such as the changes of the number of school dropout youths. In order to assess the legislative effects of the mandatory program for preventing school dropout, however, further analysis is needed beyond the increase and decrease the rate of dropout each year. In this vein, the article seeks to evaluate the effects and challenges of the mandatory program. By using data from the Ministry of Education, this article explores the ways in which the program contributes to explain school dropout. The paper found that the mandatory program has positively affect group of students who are perceived as at risk of school dropout by teachers and relevant authorities. Groups of students who are marginalized and experienced complexed issues shows high rate of participation of the program. They also tend to continue to study after completing the mandatory program. This implies that the mandatory program is effective group of student who are at risk rather than who seek other ways of studying with their willingness and resources