Education minister weighs expanding teachers' political rights

Education Minister Choi Kyo-jin said he wants to grant teachers greater political rights and expand school autonomy, arguing that South Korea cannot strengthen democratic citizenship education while educators remain tightly restricted. “What we really want to do is complete school autonomy, and what must precede it is restoring the school community,” Choi said at a meeting with reporters marking 100 days since he took office Monday. “There are many teachers who have worked in the name of school