SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — An educational assessment in Seoul has revealed that approximately 1 in 10 second-year middle school and first-year high school students fall below the minimum standard for basic numeracy skills. The situation is particularly concerning among first-year high school students, where 41% demonstrated below-average mathematical proficiency. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting next year, students in Busan with three or more siblings will receive priority in admission to their preferred general high schools, the Busan Metropolitan Office of Education announced on March 27. In a meeting of the Committee for High School Admissions for the 2025 academic year, held on March [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul education office said Monday it will open an online class-only school next year to provide high school students with courses unavailable at their own schools, as the country is set to introduce a high school credit system. The tentatively named Seoul Integrated Online School will open in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – As the issue of teenage drug use becomes increasingly severe, the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education has made the decision to implement a drug prevention education program for high school seniors in Seoul who have completed the national college entrance exam. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education announced on Tuesday [...]
DAMYANG, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A local high school teacher was forced to cancel a class on sex education after receiving complaints from parents that students were asked to bring condoms to class. The high school teacher in Damyang County, South Jeolla Province asked each student to bring five bananas for a class titled [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — 102 schools across the country made significant class innovation results by experimenting with a high school credit system last year, the education ministry said Monday. The high school credit system is a system in which high school students choose classes according to their aptitudes and likely career path, similar [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Many students outside of school are reportedly studying hard through government support or preparing to enter society through employment and job training. According to the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, 16,000 out of 43,188 teenagers who used the Support Center for Out of School Teens have shown significant [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Yeongdong High School in Yeongcheon, North Gyeongsang Province, a school with just 440 students, held its end-of-semester ceremony not at school, but on YouTube, sparking a public sensation. As of last Friday, this live streaming video of the end-of-semester ceremony on YouTube had been retweeted more than 8,500 times [...]