SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The government’s recent decision to expand medical school quotas by 2,000 spots, the first increase in 27 years, is anticipated to significantly impact the college admissions landscape, particularly among top-tier students. This expansion is expected to intensify the “medical school craze” among high-achieving students, leading to an increase in repeat [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Education and the Korea Student Aid Foundation have announced plans to expand the “2024 Multicultural and North Korean Defector Student Mentoring Program.” This initiative pairs college and graduate students with multicultural and North Korean defector students to assist with Korean language education and adaptation to school life [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The government’s first medical school enrollment quota increase in decades came out of a dire necessity to secure more doctors for ensuring basic medical services amid rapid aging and growing regional disparities, though South Korea has a long way to go before achieving the goals facing fierce opposition from [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The health ministry is set to announce a plan to increase the number of medical students Tuesday, in a bid to address the chronic shortages of doctors in rural areas and the essential health care field, officials said. The Ministry of Health and Welfare plans to hold a health [...]
JEONJU, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – With the new school year approaching, the Ministry of Education’s plan to introduce a dedicated investigator system for school violence across the nation starting in March is drawing criticism. Critics argue that the investigators, who will be deployed at schools, may lack the emotional connection with students and the expertise [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The results of a new study demonstrate a clear correlation between increased use of digital devices and lower math scores in students. The more dependent students are on digital devices, including leaving notifications on their mobile phones, the more their math scores decline. According to the ‘2023 Digital Education White [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has found that students attending science and gifted high schools in South Korea are over six times more likely to engage in expensive private education costing over 1.5 million won per month compared to their counterparts attending regular high schools. This was revealed in a joint press conference [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul education office said Monday it will open an online class-only school next year to provide high school students with courses unavailable at their own schools, as the country is set to introduce a high school credit system. The tentatively named Seoul Integrated Online School will open in [...]
NAJU, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) –Elementary school students’ efforts to protect birds from fatal collisions with building windows and road noise barriers have led to the enactment of a new ordinance in the city of Naju, South Jeolla Province. On December 12, the Jeollanam-do Office of Education announced that the Naju City Council had passed [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean civic group is initiating a class-action lawsuit to help parents recoup some of the excessive fees spent on college consulting services. Professor Yang Jeong-ho of Sungkyunkwan University’s Department of Education announced the plan at a seminar on so-called private education cartels held at the Korea Press Center [...]