Fundamental Act of Education Article 11

The number of years of basic national education shall be extended to meet the needs of society as it develops. The implementation of any such extension shall be regulated separately by law.The staffing of schools of all kinds that provide the education referred to in the preceding paragraph shall in principle be undertaken to create small schools with small class sizes; the central competent education administrative authority shall meet with municipal, county (city) governments each year to estimate the forecast numbers of students and teachers for the following five years, in order to plan the numbers of grades, classes, and students, and teacher staffing appropriately, and to provide schools with the assistance they require.