The purpose of this study is to review the current status of the education for the handicapped in
Korea and to find the guidelines for the directions to be headed. As an analysis on the status of the education for the handicapped in elementary through collages as well as in social education institutions, it was revealed that the handicapped in Korea were placed in seriously unequal situation in the rates of educational beneficiary.
On the basis of the results above, the guidelines on the directions to be headed in the education for the handicapped in Korea can be set up as follows;
1. The rates of educational benefits for handicapped children and adolescence in elementary schools through collages ought to be pulled up to the level of the non-handicapped.
2. Education for the handicapped in elementary through high schools from now on should be headed for integrated education that the handicapped and the non-handicapped study together in the same classroom.
3. The numbers of welfare institutions for the handicapped are needed to be increased and the
educational programs are needed to be expanded and intensified as well.
4. The education for the handicapped and the alienated class should be brought up to the social responsibilities of all the schools, colleges, and the organs of expression.
5. Remote-controlled educational systems exploited with information and communication media plus multimedia systems for the handicapped should be systematically developed as soon as possible.
6. The handicapped were found to be much alienated from informationization compared to whole Korean therefore, ongoing informationization education needs to be enforced.
7. To increase the efficiency in the education for the handicapped being performed currently in several government bureau or state organ, it is desirable to form a cooperation system.
8. The final goals of the educational programs directed to the handicapped as well as the educational programs directed to the non-handicapped should be emphasized to escalate the quality of the life and to raise the self-respect.