Free Meal Service
The superintendent of education in Seoul, Kwak Noh-hyun, was elected by pledging free meal service for schools in election of 2010. The Progressive Party of Korea, Minju Party, insist that the free meal service should be enforced for all students. However, there are many objections to the argument. I am also opposed to overall free meal service because it is doubtful whether the service would be effect as they expected.
I think they did not consider actuality such as budget and sentiment of public, but they were only in chase of public popularity. Though the free meal service for elementary school has been started since March 2, there are many dissapointed voices from parents of students, and the problem of quality is rising. The tight budget should cause the lowing quality.
They expeted that the free meal service can reduce the sense of incompatibility for the low-income group children, but it also does not go effect. Some students say to the poor students that you can eat the lunch for my money, so they get emotional injury.
The purpose of this free meal service should be to make children happy, but it seemed not to be effet. Some parents say that they can sign up ro one more educational institute by the money which they can save from the free meal service. It can cause the gap of education too between the children who are in low-income group and the others.
I wonder if the free meal service for all students is truly for the poor children. I think the better way can be thought instead of that. The free meal service for limited students is enough. We do not have to pay for the children who do not need that.
