平生敎育法制에 관한 實證的 考察

An Empirical Study on the development of Lifelong Education law

Lifelong education in knowledge-based society is a link of educational innovation conquering the restriction of time and space; and it can solve the problems, such as an effective accommodation and creation in social and economic changes and the limitations of school education. In our country, a foundation of lifelong education was prepared by establishing and by proclaiming lifelong education law in August, 1999. This research is about the significance of the revision of the Lifelong Education Act to Delphi method and has been conducted to find out some important points regarding the improved future direction. Lifelong education is the basic right that the right to lifelong learning must be secured in a national dimension. The legal character of the constitutional right to lifelong education is the new basic right in knowledge-based society; It must be recognized as a integral right involving characters of the right to freedom and the right to live. In contents and management of the law of lifelong education, the provisions restricting the freedom of learning activities must be deleted decisively in the related law of lifelong education; as some people having a learning ability do not receive education because of the restrictions of time and space, lifelong education facilities must be established and governed into the regional center. These are as follows. Firstly, it needs some supplementation to articles about the national lifelong education organizations of each level. Secondly, it needs to make a more strong duty to articles about learning leave, supporting learning expenses, and the employment of a lifelong educator. Thirdly, it must change the term on illiteracy education.