Seoul - Yonhap
The government said Wednesday it will increase the number of teachers assigned to help disabled children at public schools to 7,000 in the next five years as part of a comprehensive program to improve education. With the increase, the government can meet the legal requirement of having one teacher with special skills for every four disabled students by 2017. Last year, the number of special teachers was far below 60 percent of that required, according to the education ministry.