Equal opportunity. Various policies have been established and implemented to
support education for all children. Usually the concept of “inclusive education”
has been understood as policies ensuring educational access at regular schools
for students with disabilities (Kim 2007). In particular, for low-income families,
the government has been implementing a Master Plan to Assist Regions
that Require Priority Investment in Educational Welfare. Priority regions with
many low-income families are to receive concentrated educational welfare support.
Under this plan, the government supports the students in the most needy
areas with orientation and psychotherapy programs, meal provision, health education,
after-school voucher programs, and edu-care for infants and children under
the age of 6, in an integrated manner.