The purpose of this study is examining the status of Education Welfare Priority Support Project and
providing constructive strategies for future direction. In order to collect data, we have used on-line survey,
in-depth interview personnels in charge of 17 school districts and open forum with municipal board
members of education along with related literature review. As results, since 2003, the effectiveness of the
Education Welfare Priority Support Project has been proved and the areas have been expanded.
Furthermore, institutional stability has been confirmed along with the supports of enforcement ordinance of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Acts and Ministry of Education Ordinances. However, since the
management authority of the project has transferred to 17 provincial offices of education, it shows the tendency of that the overall programs were not fully activated and gradually stagnated. According to these
issues, we proposed various implemental policy suggestions though the revision of Article 28 of elementary
and secondary education-related law.