JECHEON, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Students at Semyung University in Jecheon are raising their voices in protest at what they perceive to be exorbitantly priced housing options near the university. Already burdened with costly tuition fees, the continually climbing rent has students accusing property rental businesses of taking advantage of the high demand for [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — English evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins’ influential book “The Selfish Gene” is the most borrowed scientific literature from South Korean public libraries, with “Sapiens” by Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari ranking third. South Korean KAIST professor Chung Jae-seung’s edited and re-released edition of “Science Concert” was the second most sought [...]
BANGKOK, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) - The average marks for the Korean language test were the highest among those for seven foreign languages, including Japanese and Chinese, in this year’s Thai college exam, the Korean Education Center said Thursday. In the exam, known as the Professional and Academic Aptitude Test and conducted by the National Institute of Educational Testing Service in February, the average score of the 4,087 students who [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of university graduates who entered technical colleges in South Korea surpassed 1,500 this year, the highest figure to date. A total of 162,290 students entered the 136 technical colleges located across the country, with the average acceptance rate being just below 12 percent, according to the Korean Council [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Over the next five years, Seoul’s Office of Education will spend approximately 145 billion won to boost English instruction at city-funded public schools, a spokesperson announced yesterday. In a country that prizes education, the demand for learning English is strong, evidenced by the 5.4 trillion won spent on private [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Inspired by Korean American students’ efforts, one of the major American education publishers McGraw-Hill says it will consider adding more Korean culture and history to social studies textbooks used in in both primary and secondary education. In a letter from McGraw-Hill released by U.S.-based Korean interest group Echo-Korea, the publisher [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of post offices in South Korea will provide coding courses for free. Korea Post said on Tuesday that select post offices across the country will participate in its ‘Small University’ scheme, including Sangam Digital Post Office, Anyang Mail Center, Jochiwon Post Office, Gwangju Chungjangno Post Office, Busan Gupo-dong [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A country that takes education very seriously and also boasts leading technological prowess, South Korea is bringing modern tools and cutting edge technology into classrooms to prepare its youth for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. According to the Ministry of Education, starting this year, children in the third and fourth [...]
SEJONG, Apr. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Eight out of 10 primary school students received private education and other extracurricular activities in the past decade, with a majority of their parents feeling the pinch of high education costs, data showed Monday. According to the data compiled by Statistics Korea, 80 percent of the country’s elementary school [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Gender equality education is more impactful on the beliefs of boys compared to girls and of younger children rather than older, according to new research. The Korean Institute for Gender Equality, Promotion and Education (KIGEPE) conducted a study in which the organization investigated whether personal beliefs had changed from [...]