SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul’s ritzy southern neighborhood of Daechi, known as a major cluster of cram schools in the country, may be one of the areas that has been most affected by the government’s toughened social distancing guidelines aimed at containing the new coronavirus. The neighborhood, where one can sometimes spot people [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that the vast majority of South Korean teachers feel that online classes do not offer the same educational benefits as those conducted in a traditional setting. According to an online survey conducted by the Korean Teachers and Educational Worker’s Union of 4,010 elementary, middle [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A resurgence of the coronavirus around the country forced hundreds of schools to shut down on Monday, with the largest number of school closures since reopening in June. A total of 1,845 schools halted in-person classes, the Ministry of Education said, more than double the previous record of 849 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul education authorities plan to launch a mentoring program to prevent online classes from widening the achievement gap among students. Cho Hee-yeon, superintendent of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education (SMOE), unveiled Wednesday the second semester school opening plan as well as measures to address the achievement gap in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A substantial portion of students who have the experience of downloading or using digital textbooks through smart devices have a positive attitude towards the idea of using them during class, a report showed Monday. The Korea Education and Research Information Service (KERIS) conducted a survey of 8,916 elementary, middle [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — High school students in South Korea will be given the choice to take artificial intelligence classes as early as the second semester of next year, according to the education ministry on Monday. In an administrative notice, the education ministry announced its plans to introduce two artificial intelligence (AI) courses [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — As the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage on, universities are preparing to hold commencement ceremonies online. Seoul National University, after cancelling all commencement ceremonies in February, is preparing to hold ceremonies online in August through a series of videos . To accommodate as many students as possible, the university [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean students infected with the novel coronavirus or in self-quarantine can still take the national university entrance exam at separate sites in early December. The Ministry of Education unveiled Tuesday the plan for the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), the country’s biggest academic event of the year, which [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean language has been selected as an official secondary language in India, to be included in the country’s public education curriculum. The Indian government announced new education plans on Thursday, adding the Korean language, along with Thai, Portuguese, and Russian, to the recommended list of secondary language courses. [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — To prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the education ministry has decided to encourage universities to have their foreign students take courses remotely in their home countries in the second semester. The ministry announced on Wednesday that it will carry out foreign student protection and management measures for the [...]