SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has revealed that people feel that they are saving more time and money on education when they watch educational videos on YouTube, rather than reading or going to private institutes. YouTube and Macromill Embrain, a market research firm, conducted a study of 1,000 participants between the [...]
(Image: Yonhap) SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The wage gap between university graduates and high school graduates in South Korea has widened, surpassing the OECD average. The country’s dwindling birth rate is mirrored in the reduced student-to-teacher ratio, but it is still above the OECD average. The Ministry of Education (MOE) and Korean Educational Development [...]
NEW YORK, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) is delighted that the governments of Senegal and France will co-host its financing conference, which will take place on February 8, 2018 in Dakar, Senegal. A photo accompanying this announcement is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/d3003cff-ee20-409f-9729-9a9cef1d4d3e A video accompanying this announcement is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/0a7eebb6-66b3-438b-904e-efeff83d94cf The announcement of the co-hosting was [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it introduced three buses equipped with IT facilities in Myanmar to provide underprivileged children with educational programs. The South Korean tech giant first introduced “Samsung Mobile Education Bus” in Myanmar in 2015. The company said the new buses are equipped with a class room [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A study by the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union revealed that the majority of the teachers in Seoul were not pleased with their school life and the condition of the local education scene. According to the study, conducted to celebrate the 36th anniversary of Teacher’s Day on May [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is investing heavily in education, but its education quality lags far behind rich countries in nurturing talent through skills development, a report showed Sunday. According to the report by Hyundai Research Institute (HRI), a private think tank, South Korea spent 5.9 percent of its gross domestic product on education in 2013. The spending was 0.7 percentage point higher than the average figure for members of the Organization [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) – High income earners, university graduates and progressives tend to hold a more favorable view towards the coexistence of multiple cultures within a country, a recent study revealed. According to a study published by the Korea Multicultural Research Institute yesterday that looked into the perception of multiculturalism among 1,000 people [...]
SEOUL, April. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will help more local universities provide quality education in the software sector as part of its drive to develop the industry and nurture more talent, the science minister said Monday. The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning picked eight schools in 2015, six in 2016 and [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean students outperformed on mathematics and science tests conducted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in recent years, but still lack interest in the subjects due to the cramming method of teaching, a report said Thursday. South Korean students came in fifth on the science [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) – With millions of ‘how to’ videos readily available, the world’s biggest video streaming platform is often the first go-to destination from simple know-hows like ‘how to use chopsticks’ to more professional skills like computer programming. Although the most popular YouTube channels in South Korea are still videogame related or [...]