"History
education should never divide the people and students over political
strife or ideological confrontation," Park said in a meeting with her
top aides.President Park Geun-hye called for a correct recognition of history
Tuesday as she asked lawmakers not to divide the public sentiment with
an unnecessary controversy over history textbooks.On Monday, the government announced its plan to
reintroduce state history textbooks for secondary school students to
address what it calls the predominantly left-leaning contents in current
books.The Ministry of Education said history textbooks for
middle and high school students will be authored by the government
starting in the 2017 school year.Currently, history textbooks
are published by eight private publishing companies after being approved
by an independent textbook review committee of experts. Schools choose
from any of the eight textbooks, while primary schools have a single set
of state-authored history textbooks.
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