SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The government and the ruling Democratic Party agreed at a bilateral meeting Tuesday to significantly increase next year’s budget for children’s road safety. The government’s budget for the installation of speed cameras and traffic lights in school zones nationwide, for instance, will be increased by 100 billion won (US$85.2 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government said Saturday it plans to open some 30 new state-run King Sejong Institutes abroad next year to meet rising demand for learning the Korean language and culture. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said the new institutions will be set up in Southeast Asia, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Whenever she visits her hometown of Ulaanbaatar on the vast Mongolian steppe, Seoul-resident Jadambaa Nasanjargal makes a point of returning with children’s books written in her native language. At home, she reads the traditional folktales to her daughter, translating into Korean as necessary, to introduce her 7-year-old to the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The biggest cause of the South Korean children’s declining happiness and sleep deprivation was “studying.” According to data released Tuesday by Sejong University professor Park Hyun-sun, students’ sense of happiness tended to decline as their grades went up, from 90.4 percent in elementary school to 84 percent in middle [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting in 2021, students at specialized high schools in Seoul will be required to take artificial intelligence (AI) courses at school. According to a plan unveiled Tuesday by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, 10 of the specialized high schools in Seoul, or 14 percent, will be converted to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The so-called ‘edutech’ industry, relating to a form of education that makes use of information technology (IT), is expected to replace paper workbooks that once led the education industry. Edutech, a term that combines ‘education’ with ‘technology,’ is now going beyond online courses on computers, smartphones, and tablets to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — On Thursday, as South Korean students sat for the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), civic groups gathered to protest the current college-centric education system. ‘The Hidden Bag for Change by Rejecting College Entrance Examinations,’ a student organization, held a press conference in Seoul where six protesters including teenagers and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea held the annual state-administered college entrance exam on Thursday, with roughly half a million applicants sitting for the high-stakes test that some claim will determine their future. The College Scholastic Aptitude Test (CSAT), known as “suneung” in Korean, began at 1,185 exam venues across the nation at [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The government’s plan to turn three categories of elite high schools into general ones in 2025 is being met by fierce opposition. Among those opposed, groups of lawyers who graduated from the said elite high schools have vowed to take legal action. Kim Yun-sang, a lawyer and a former [...]
GOKSEONG, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A special publication ceremony was held at a rural elementary school in which all of the students participated. Samgi Elementary School in Gokseong County, South Jeolla Province, recently held a picture book publication event, with all 33 students participating in the publication. The school has been working on a [...]