Exploration of graduation requirements in countries with high school credit systems

Abstract

As the high school credit system is planned to be introduced to high schools nationwide in 2022, the related regulations and policies are being actively discussed and prepared. The high school credit system brings about many changes in terms of completion of the curriculum, evaluation, and graduation system, which are related to each other. In relation to graduation system, the review about the total number of days attended, the total number of graduation credits, the number of credits required for each subject, and the required course completion, graduation period is currently underway. The current high school graduation regulations are based on meeting the number of attendance days, so if you specify graduation only by attendance without considering credits or cumulative credits in the subject, you will not meet the basic concepts of the high school credit system. Therefore, in this paper, to draw out the implications and policy suggestions for the graduation system to be prepared when introducing the high school credit system, the author examined the research on the graduation requirements and graduation system in Korea in the current system, and then explored the graduation system of overseas countries. The graduation requirements in the United States, Canada, Finland, Germany, and Australia were extensively analyzed and explored. Many articles such as graduation components, attendance days, minimum or total credits, graduation exams, the level of administration, required course credits, grade level completion, and creativity creative experiential activity, should be specified in relevant laws or the national curriculum when establishing graduation requirements.