INCHEON, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Incheon Metropolitan City Office of Education said Thursday it will launch a virtual reality (VR)-based safety education program for students living on islands during the period from April to November of this year. The education will be offered to groups of fifth and sixth-grade students and middle and [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Kyung Hee University has signed an agreement with Stanford University to conduct joint research on sustainability in Asia, the Seoul school officials said Wednesday. Under the agreement signed last month, the two schools will partner to research various topics related to the enhancement of sustainability in Asia, create exchange [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Fifty-two schools in Seoul that had regulations on the colors and the shapes of students’ underwear removed such rules amid criticism they violate the human rights of students, the city’s education office said Wednesday. The schools, including 31 girls’ middle and high schools, as well as 21 coeducation schools, [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A gender-neutral toilet that can be used by anyone regardless of sex or disability has been installed at a Seoul university for the first time among domestic universities. Sungkonghoe University said Wednesday it has completed the construction of the unisex toilet on the first basement floor of a lecture [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The education ministry did not accept a recommendation from the National Human Rights Commission that it address a potentially discriminatory regulation requiring higher qualifications for foreign teachers at private learning institutions, officials said Tuesday. The human rights watchdog has recommended the ministry amend the Private Teaching Institution Act’s enforcement [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Spending on private after-school classes hit a record high of 23.4 trillion won (US$18.9 billion) last year amid the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic that restricted in-person school education, according to a survey released by the education ministry Friday. The 2021 expenditures, based on a survey of some 74,000 elementary to [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The digital literacy capability of South Korean elementary and middle school students improved as the spread of COVID-19 resulted in an increase in non-face-to-face learning through the use of information and communication technology (ICT) and computers. According to a survey conducted by the Korea Education and Research Information Service [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Schools from elementary to secondary levels reopened Wednesday as the new spring semester kicked off amid the country’s record-high daily COVID-19 tally. Many schools opted for fully in-person classes on the first day of the new semester even though they were allowed to choose between online and face-to-face learning [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Schools from elementary to secondary levels are bracing for fully in-person classes for the upcoming spring semester, but parents are on edge over infection fears as the country’s daily COVID-19 tally is expected to go up further down the road. With the new semester for most schools scheduled to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A constitutional appeal has been filed against the Immigration Control Act that allows only those from eight English-speaking countries to work as native English instructors in South Korea, officials said Friday. Migrants Center Friend, an immigrant rights’ group, filed the petition after a Ugandan was denied a visa to [...]