SEOUL, Mar. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The government seeks to establish public high schools for children of military families in an effort to improve their living and education conditions, the defense ministry said Monday. The defense and education ministries were set to sign a memorandum of understanding later in the day to make joint efforts [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The “high school credit system,” which allows students to choose subjects they want according to their career paths and aptitudes, will be fully implemented as planned in 2025, when middle school second graders enter high school, the Ministry of Education said Wednesday. Announcing measures to improve the competitiveness of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to introduce a new program to gather between three and five high schools in one area to run them as a single educational institution similar to a university. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education (SMOE) announced on Monday that it will begin testing the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea plans to introduce a credit system for high schools where students can choose the subjects they want to study, just like at university. High school credit systems are already in place in Finland and the United States, regarded by some as the two most innovative countries in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government plans to expand its free lunch program to all elementary, middle and high schools by 2021, its mayor and education chief announced Monday. Free meals are currently served at 939 public elementary and middle schools in the city. The benefits will be offered to 930,000 [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Newly proposed measures by the government to improve the current student grading system in South Korean high schools will be revealed in July by the Ministry of Education. Although high school transcripts are as important as the college scholastic test in the college entrance process, there is lack of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Over 7 in 10 high schools in South Korea are failing to meet the required 150 minutes of physical education classes per week, a new survey has revealed. South Korean students at only 25 percent of the country’s high schools now receive 150 minutes of PE classes each week, [...]