INCHEON, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea Thursday committed millions of dollars to equip classrooms in three African countries with information technology. Education Minister Hwang Woo-yea signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Irina Bokova, secretary-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), stating that South Korea would contribute US$6 million [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — In a comparative survey on the happiness of children, Korean children were found to be the least happy among their peers in other countries. According to the survey jointly conducted by Save the Children and the Seoul National University (SNU) Social Welfare Research Center, the “subjective happiness score” of Korean [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — About 200 high school students had their feet washed by their teachers on May 14. Seongji High School in Hwagok-dong, Seoul, has been holding this event where teachers wash the feet of their students as part of Korean Teacher’s Day celebrations for four years now. There was some awkwardness [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — As traffic accidents among elderly people increase, a local police agency plans to dispatch officers to senior citizen centers to prevent such accidents. The Gyeongnam Provincial Police Agency announced on May 13 that it will offer traffic safety education to 6,153 silver halls in the province by dispatching police [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Most Koreans think that Korean teachers in the public education system are not respected by their students. According to a survey conducted by Korea Gallup on 1,005 Koreans over 19 years from April 28 to 30, 83 percent of the polled individuals answered that they think teachers are not [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean children were hoping to get a pet as a present for this year’s Children’s Day, according to a survey conducted by Tooniverse, a Korean cable channel for children, from May 1 to 4 on 1,400 children aged between 4 and 14. According to the survey, 21.3 percent of [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A Cameroonian English teacher who faked his university diploma will be expelled from Korea, according to the Ministry of Justice Incheon Airport Immigration Office. The man in his twenties entered Korea in March 2013 as a Korean language student. He then faked a BA diploma from a prominent Canadian [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A free-learning semester in which students can focus on activities such as discussion-centered classes, club activities and career guidance will be introduced at all middle schools in Korea according to the provisions of a new law. The Ministry of Education announced a revision of the Enforcement Decree of the Elementary [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean authorities are planning to make classrooms more English-friendly in order to prepare students to read English textbooks. According to the April 2nd issue of the North Korean educational report newspaper acquired by Yonhap News, an article says “the measure of introducing foreign languages in departmental studies will [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motors is celebrating its in-house humanities study program, ‘Humanities Studies Concert,’ until June, providing 8 lectures covering various fields such as psychology, religion, fashion and neurology. The company has been holding Humanities Studies Concert since 2013 to help its employees make products based on understanding humans in general. [...]