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, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — All schools in the greater Seoul area will switch to virtual instruction full-time, as the government decided to raise the virus alert level to the highest next week amid record-breaking COVID-19 cases. The measure will go into effect Wednesday at schools in Seoul, Incheon, 40 kilometers west of the [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — With online classes becoming commonplace due to the spread of the coronavirus, South Korean students are using computers more often and reading less. The state-run Korea Information Society Development Institute analyzed patterns of media use for students between 8 and 18 years of age during online classes. The analysis [...]
CHUNCHEON, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — As the one-year anniversary of the first confirmed coronavirus case in South Korea nears, a return to in-person classes for college students remains elusive, prompting some to take time off instead. Park Go-eun, a 22-year-old college student, decided to take one year off after months of consideration. “It felt [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Concern is growing over the deteriorating educational environment for students as schools continue to offer online courses at home due to the coronavirus pandemic. Market researcher Nielsen KoreanClick reported a 5 percent increase in the number of teenage PC/mobile users this September compared to last year. Teenagers have spent [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Mobis Co. has reopened its social contribution program through ‘untact’ means to limit the spread of the coronavirus. South Korea’s biggest auto parts maker announced Thursday that it will reopen its Junior Engineering Class for educating future scientists by transitioning the program to an online setting. The Junior [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Online courses that have replaced regular school classes to prevent the spread of the coronavirus have triggered concerns that educational inequality is getting worse. South Korean civic group World Without Worries for Private Education conducted a survey of 1,000 men and women across the country, 62 percent of whom [...]
SEOUL, June 5 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 60 percent of middle and high school students have either played games or watched YouTube videos during online classes. The Institute for Progressive Education conducted a survey of 560 elementary school students, 844 middle and high school students, 785 teachers, and 696 parents from May 20 to [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — King Sejong Institute, the state-run Korean culture and language education center, will start online classes next month amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, its operator said Tuesday. The King Sejong Institute Foundation said it has developed the online lecture service platform, which will go into operation on Wednesday. Users can [...]