Politics · South Korea · 3 hrs ago
South Gyeongsang Council to Include Student Views in Education Audit
South Gyeongsang’s provincial education committee will include student views in its annual audit for the first time.
The committee is gathering feedback from elementary, middle and high school students across the province.
Students can comment on issues such as digital classes, school meals, bullying, field trips, commuting and safety.
The committee will hear from participants in a youth mock assembly on October 27 and accept emails from students in 18 cities and counties until November 3.
It will leave out reports about specific people and complaints about simple facility breakdowns.
The feedback will help shape the committee’s questions and could inform education policy improvements.
The audit will run from November 4 to 17 and examine the provincial education office, local education support offices and agencies directly under the education office.
South Gyeongsang Province Council’s Education Committee will include student views in its administrative audit for the first time.
Students can share concerns and suggestions on digital classes, school meals, school violence, field trips, commuting and safety.
The committee will use the feedback in its audit questions and to seek improvements to education policy.
The council’s audit is scheduled to run from November 4 to 17.
- Who
- South Gyeongsang Province Council’s Education Committee and students from the province’s 18 cities and counties.
- What
- The committee will collect student views and use them in its administrative audit.
- When
- The audit is scheduled for November 4 to 17, 2026. Students can submit views by email through November 3.
- Where
- South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
- Why
- The committee plans to use students’ experiences to inform audit questions and seek improvements to education policy.
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The Education Committee announced it would include student views in the audit.
The committee will hear views from students taking part in the sixth Youth Mock Council at the provincial council’s plenary chamber.
The deadline for students from 18 cities and counties to submit views by email.
The council is scheduled to conduct its first administrative audit of the ninth elected provincial government.
- First time
- Student views will be included in the Education Committee’s administrative audit
- Feedback topics
- Digital classes, school meals, school violence, field trips, commuting and safety
- Submission deadline
- November 3, 2026
- Audit period
- November 4–17, 2026
- Audit bodies
- South Gyeongsang Provincial Office of Education, city and county education support offices, and affiliated agencies
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What people are saying
This is the first time we have listened to student opinions ahead of the administrative audit.