SUWON, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education said Wednesday it will introduce a cafeteria-type school meal system, deviating from the traditional pattern of providing a uniform menu. A cafeteria-style school meal system enables students to select the kind and amount of food of their choice by offering a wider variety [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to reduce the public school workforce due to a decline in the student population. According to the plan that the Ministry of Education formulated through consultations with other government agencies, the government will lower the number of public school teachers to 344,906 next year, a reduction [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul National University (SNU) decided to start selling meal kits on campus on Tuesday for the first time among local universities, after facing criticism from students for a hike in the price of school meals back in April. The SNU Cooperative, which runs cafeterias, will provide sales space to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of English cram schools for kids turned out to charge monthly tuition of more than 1 million won (US$716), a data showed Wednesday. The number of English-language private education facilities for kids stood at 745 as of the end of June, according to the data that independent [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Education will provide a new opportunity for students to explore careers in new industries, including aerospace and artificial intelligence, from their classrooms. The ministry said Wednesday it will host an online career class with experts representing various new industry sectors for four months from next week [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Educational expenditures at South Korean universities last year increased on a per-student basis compared to a year earlier, but the actual value of scholarships and student loans disbursed declined. According to data from the Ministry of Education and the Korean Council for University Education, domestic universities’ educational expenditures per [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — As the government has decided to nurture digital talent, there is inequality in digital literacy depending on a family’s economic situation among middle and high school students, a survey showed Monday. The Seoul Education Research & Information Institute conducted a survey of 13,141 middle and high school students in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The private coding education industry is scrambling to cater to an increase in demand after a recent government decision to nurture digital talent. The government plan includes doubling the time spent on IT education at elementary and middle schools, introducing a programming course as a mandatory part of the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — India opened up its second Korean language master’s program with the Korean wave sweeping the globe. Jamia Millia Islamia University in New Delhi recently held a faculty meeting to introduce the master’s program in the Korean language. The university has selected 25 new students for the Korean language master’s [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — While the South Korean legal drama “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” is raising awareness about people with autism spectrum disorders, only a few people with autism are actually able to attend university, data showed Sunday. Rep. Lee Eun-joo of the minor opposition Justice Party quoted a report from the Ministry of [...]