ANYANG, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Regional authorities are competing over introducing free education and welfare policies, from free lunches to school training uniforms. Gyeonggi Province’s city of Ansan recently came to an agreement at the metropolitan council to introduce programs to offer financial subsidies for college tuition starting next year. College students from a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s National Assembly on Thursday passed revised bills that provide the grounds for free high school education. With the passage of the bill, the second and third grades of high school will be free starting in 2020 before being expanded to all grades in 2021. The plan is [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has taken a first step toward free high school education by exempting all third graders from their entire education expenses starting in the fall semester, the Ministry of Education said Monday. As most high schools nationwide resumed classes on the day after a lengthy summer vacation, about [...]
SEJONG, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Thursday that it will gradually introduce free education for high school students in a move to ease people’s burdens and guarantee the basic right to education. The measure will affect high schoolers in the second semester of this year, according to the Ministry of Education. The [...]