SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean teachers are most likely to regret their career choice among other OECD peers, as almost 20 percent regret becoming teachers. According to Yang Jung-ho, a professor of education at Sungkyunkwan University, who analyzed 105,000 middle school teachers based on the OECD report “Teaching and Learning International Survey 2013”, Korean [...]
SEOUL, Nov.13 (Korea Bizwire) – On November 12, an orientation was held for students who would sit for the next day’s Korean College Scholastic Ability Test (KSAT) in the 1,216 exam sites across the nation. On the KSAT day, not only the police force but also the military force were mobilized in order to provide any [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean government expands scholarships to attract international elites from the ASEAN member countries. Education Minister Hwang Woo-yeo is taking all the necessary diplomatic steps to invite international students from the ASEAN member states while attending “the ASEAN Plus Three Education Ministers’ Meeting” in Vientiane, Lao PDR, the Ministry of Education [...]
SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Marking the World Environment day which came on June 5th, Samsung Engineering, one of Samsung Group affiliates, opened “Outreach Environment Class” on June 3. Samsung’s “green cause” program is aimed at raising awareness on environmental conservation which was given to school children residing in Hwasung and Gi-heung City in the [...]
CHICAGO, March 20, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – For many companies, an associate or bachelor’s degree is increasingly becoming the new high school diploma. According to a new CareerBuilder survey, 27 percent of employers say their educational requirements for employment have increased over the last five years and 30 percent are hiring more college-educated workers for positions [...]
TORONTO, ON, February 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Four new clubs have joined the Thinking Skills Club fold in the past three months, and more are expected to go online after March Break. It shows that the educational website, on which students play computer games that help them develop their minds, is definitely filling a need. “We’ve [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 07 (Korea Bizwire) - Shinhan Financial Group said on November 6 that it has opened a vocational training center for youths from low-income families in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, as part of its global corporate social responsibility program. At the opening ceremony on the 6th, dignitaries including the city’s Department of Education and [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Oct 31 (Korea Bizwire) – A study said the biggest headache for working moms who have to juggle work and family is character education for their children. According to a survey conducted by job portal career.com on 266 working moms, the respondents found instilling social and moral lessons to their children hardest to do [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Oct 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Statistical Office said on October 30 it would hold a three-day academic camp “Love Sharing Classroom for Numbers” for 35 children from 12 elementary schools near Daejeon and surrounding area in the youth camp in Mt. Bohyeon. The camp was organized as part of the government agency’s [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Education said on October 11 that it would begin the “solar school project” on an experimental basis in efforts to reduce the digital gap in African countries jointly with Samsung Electronics. The solar school project is an international development program to increase opportunities for children [...]