Children's representatives visit the National Assembly and ask, "Please guarantee experiential learning and picnics."

“Please guarantee at least one field trip to an elementary school with friends and two outings a year.”

Our children delivered to the National Assembly major policy improvement plans they had designed to solve social problems related to children.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced on the 9th that children's representatives from the Children's Assembly of the Republic of Korea visited the National Assembly and delivered policy resolutions to Education Committee Chairman Kim Hee-jung and Health and Welfare Committee Chairman Lee Man-hee.

The resolution was adopted after discussion by about 110 children's representatives at the 23rd Korea Children's Assembly held last August under the theme of 'Study Burden and Children's Rights'.

In addition to guaranteeing experiential learning and excursions, the resolution included 14 policy proposals, including ▲ recess satisfaction surveys ▲ age restrictions on sales of high-caffeine beverages to those over 16 ▲ mandatory career education ▲ counseling to relieve academic stress ▲ development of a regional education gap index and priority allocation of budget.

Children's representatives who visited the National Assembly on this day asked for active attention so that children's voices can be reflected in the actual law enactment and policy establishment process.

The resolution is officially reported to the National Assembly and then to the government. The Ministry of Health and Welfare plans to report the contents of the resolution to the 'Children's Policy Coordination Committee', chaired by the Prime Minister and with ministers from each government department as members, and request pan-government cooperation and policy reflection.

The Korea Council of Children's Organizations, which has been operating the Children's Assembly since 2004, operates the 'Korea Children's Assembly Monitoring Group' to increase the effectiveness of implementing the resolution.

The monitoring group, comprised of about 40 children, plans to directly inspect the implementation of the resolution by June next year and urge the central and local governments to implement it.

Minister of Health and Welfare Jeong Eun-kyung said, "The policy resolutions that our children have personally considered and proposed are answers to what adults should do to make real changes in children's lives. We will support children's vivid voices to lead to legislative activities in the National Assembly and reflection of government policies."