SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul’s Oksu Elementary School became the first in the country to establish a “virtual reality gym class”, allowing students to engage in sports activities using VR technology. According to a school official, the ETRI (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute) helped remodel one of the classrooms at Oksu Elementary in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A ruling party lawmaker said Wednesday existing math textbooks for students are excessively complicated, casting concerns they may induce students to seek private tutoring to keep up with class work. “Many South Koreans believe math is complicated. When we asked third graders a question that had been reviewed for [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Technological advancements may prevail in the education sector before long, but a recent study emphasized the importance of human touch in Internet or PC-based virtual (or cyber) schooling systems, which were shown to be more effective when students were provided with guidance from human instructors. The study was conducted [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government aims for a 3.7 percent increase in its spending next year to push the annual budget above the 400 trillion won (US$358 billion) mark for the first time, with steep rises planned for youth job creation, expansion of custom-made welfare benefits and stabilization of public [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Among many things, Korean parents are well-recognized for their passion for educating their children. But a recent KIET (Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade) report revealed that education expenditures are more sensitive to changes in income compared to other areas of household spending. The report showed that spending [...]
BUSAN, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – How long can you study in a seated position? Students at Jurye Girls’ High School decided to put themselves to the test. The school recently held a ’30-Hour Infinite Study’ challenge, with over 230 students participating, starting at 7 a.m. Monday and finishing at 10 p.m. on Tuesday evening, [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) – If you have ever wondered what it would be like to sit in a classroom at a prestigious university and listen to lectures from world-renowned professors, K-MOOC does just that. K-MOOC stands for Korea Massive Open Online Course, and offers free college lectures from some of the most reputable [...]
INCHEON, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – A number of high schools in Korea are offering specialized courses, moving away from their usual bisected ‘liberal arts vs. natural sciences’ programs. Incheon’s Bugae Girls’ High School will start offering cognitive engineering-related subjects to some 90 students, beginning next year. Apart from foundation courses such as Korean, English, [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Alumni and retired professors from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Seoul National University (SNU) are establishing an agricultural school in Uganda to pass on their knowledge and technical expertise. A group of alumni announced on Sunday, July 3, that they had formed a committee for Uganda’s Sangrok [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has revealed that the average English pre-school in Seoul costs approximately 10 million won ($8,670) each year, an amount that is equivalent to three times the average college tuition in Korea. Furthermore, students spend an average of five hours per day at these schools, almost equal [...]