SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) —A tragic incident unfolded as an elementary school teacher lost her life after falling from the rooftop of an apartment building. According to the Goyang Police Station in Gyeonggi Province, Ms. A, a teacher in her late 30s, fell to her demise from the 28th floor of an apartment complex [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Students with a history of school violence will have their disciplinary records reflected when applying for university admission beginning in the 2026 academic year, the university policy recommendation council said Wednesday. The measure was part of the university admission guidelines for students with records of school bullying, unveiled jointly [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed a growing influence of the home environment on students’ academic performance in the wake of COVID-19. Researchers are increasingly focused on the family learning process due to the discovery that children’s scholastic achievements are more intertwined with their home environment and parental conduct than [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The education ministry unveiled a plan Wednesday to introduce a new collective school grievance response system, seeking to protect teachers from abusive complaints by parents. The government will also enhance schools’ authority to address violations of teachers’ rights and educational activities by students and parents. The ministry announced these [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s educational TV channel EBS aims to enhance awareness of people with disabilities by introducing a new character with autism spectrum disorder in an educational puppet show. The broadcaster announced on Wednesday that Byeori, a character with autism spectrum disorder, will make her debut on the Friday episode [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) —Gonzaga University, renowned for its dominance in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball, witnessed an extraordinary academic expedition as its students embarked on a journey to South Korea to immerse themselves in the study of Korean culture. This educational endeavor took a compelling turn as the students partook in a [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The “high school credit system,” which allows students to choose subjects they want according to their career paths and aptitudes, will be fully implemented as planned in 2025, when middle school second graders enter high school, the Ministry of Education said Wednesday. Announcing measures to improve the competitiveness of [...]
BUSAN, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan Metropolitan City Office of Education said Tuesday it has completed a pilot project to transform a school cafeteria, previously dedicated solely to meals, into a versatile cultural space. Due to a decrease in the student population, there has been a rise in vacant spaces within schools. In [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered digital textbooks will be introduced in local elementary and secondary schools, beginning in 2025, in response to the growing need for varied learning content, the Ministry of Education said Thursday. AI digital textbooks have been pushed as part of the government’s digital education innovation to offer [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Voices are growing for the need to improve the system to foster regional universities because donations to private universities were concentrated in Seoul last year. According to data from the Korea Advancing Schools Foundation, the combined donation income of the nation’s 192 private universities totaled 408.8 billion won (US$309 [...]