Education Act for Indigenous Peoples Article 4

The terms used in this Act are defined as follows:1. Indigenous education: A generic term referring to general education and ethnic education for indigenous peoples.2. Ethnic education: refers to education, based on the cultural characteristics of different indigenous peoples, providing the knowledge that belongs to different indigenous ethnicities to indigenous students.3. General education: refers to education of a general nature provided to indigenous students in addition to the ethnic education referred to in the preceding subparagraph.4. Indigenous schools: refers to educational institutions that focus primarily on the knowledge systems of indigenous peoples and implement the provision of education in accordance with the educational philosophy and goals of the particular indigenous people being taught.5. Indigenous key schools: refers to schools at senior secondary level and below with at least a specific number or proportion of indigenous students.6. Indigenous classes: refers to classes organized in ordinary schools to meet indigenous students’ education needs.7. Indigenous education teachers: refers to teachers responsible for teaching indigenous education courses in indigenous schools, in indigenous key schools, or to indigenous classes.8. Tribal and community education: refers to lifelong learning programs provided to indigenous peoples to enhance innovation of indigenous culture, train highly skilled people for tribal and community development, and modernize the education undertaken by citizens.The specific number or proportion referred to in Subparagraph 5 of the preceding paragraph shall be stipulated in the enforcement rules of this Act.