Ministry of Education

MOE Announces 2022 Work Plan with Measures Aimed at Returning to Normalcy

□ Ministry of Education (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Yoo Eun-hae) announced its 2022 Work Plan on January 5, 2022, under the theme of ‘Returning to normalcy and transforming the future education environment for innovative talent cultivation.’

ㅇ This year’s work plan comprises the strategies to successfully overcome the COVID-19 crisis, cope with the rapidly changing world and achieve education transformation, based on the efforts and the performance of the past 4.5 years.

ㅇ The Ministry of Education presented three core projects of this year: improving the school life through implementation of strong preventive measures against COVID-19, delivering education system transformation for future talent cultivation, and establishing educational and social policies that can be relied on.

- With students’ overall health and safety being a top priority, the MOE will take tougher anti-infection measures and make thorough preparation by the beginning of the new semester for better school life and classroom environment.

- Starting in the first semester of 2022, the MOE will support all elementary, middle, high schools and universities to hold in-person classes and operate the curriculum.

- In order to nurture the innovative talents for the future, the MOE will accelerate the transformation process in secondary, higher and lifelong education.