SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Education said Wednesday it is considering introducing online classes nationwide, if the ongoing spread of the coronavirus outbreak shows little sign of letting up or students and faculty members get infected. However, the education community is voicing concern that local school sites do not appropriate systems [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Universities are postponing the school year and plan to replace lectures with online courses due to the coronavirus outbreak. Students, in turn, are concerned over the risk of a drop in the quality of the education they’re paying for. Students at Sungkyunkwan University, which began a new semester on [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is considering postponing the repeatedly delayed opening of schools by one or two more weeks until early next month as a precaution against the new coronavirus, government sources said Sunday. Kindergartens, elementary, middle and high schools across the country are currently scheduled to reopen March 23, as [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean universities are facing growing calls for refunds from students as classes are being disrupted due to the coronavirus pandemic. Most universities postponed the start of the new semester by one or two weeks and many are replacing in-person classes with online lectures. A petition filed with the [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Young South Korean students’ spending on private education spiked to a 10-year high in 2019, data from the Ministry of Education and Statistics Korea showed Tuesday, reflecting undiminished parental enthusiasm for their children’s academic achievements. Elementary, middle and high school students spent 20.99 trillion won (US$17.6 billion) on private [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) – In its latest tactic to combat the new coronavirus, South Korea on Friday again asked private sector cram schools to temporarily suspend classes to prevent group transmissions. The move comes in line with the government’s recent decision to push back the new school year by three weeks to March [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — While most universities have decided to postpone the start of the school year to prevent further spread of the novel coronavirus, 8 out of 10 college students think that tuition fees should be partially refunded, according to a survey. The National University Student Council Network, a network of 27 [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The government Monday instructed all kindergartens and elementary and secondary schools nationwide to again postpone the start of the spring semester, by two weeks, to protect students from the coronavirus outbreak as the number of underage patients has topped 200. Minister of Education Yoo Eun-hae announced the second postponement [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — More universities in Seoul are seeking to replace in-person classes with online lectures due to fears over coronavirus infection. South Korean universities have postponed the start of the spring semester, scheduled for next Monday, by two weeks under the recommendation of the Ministry of Education. With the COVID-19 crisis [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Education authorities of South Korea and China agreed to advise their students against returning to school in the other country as part of their cooperation to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, Seoul officials said Friday. The move comes as the spread of the virus is showing little [...]