SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The education ministry said Friday it will conduct a special crackdown on alleged irregularities in the private education sector, including high-priced consulting services tailored for college admission. The move is part of the government’s pre-emptive measures to tackle potential rises in expensive private tutoring services as the government has [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that the more job seekers spend on finding a job, the more likely they are to pass necessary exams. According to a survey of 1,478 job seekers conducted by job portal Incruit and part-time job search app AlbaCall, 58.6 percent believed that their success [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Private education institutions are offering help to families with two breadwinners or single moms or dads who are struggling to find help with childcare during the school summer vacation period. In response to high demand among parents, private academies are offering morning classes as well as snacks and lunches, [...]
SEJONG, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s total spending on private education for children came to about 19.5 trillion won (US$17.2 billion) in 2018, up 4.4 percent from a year earlier, government data showed Tuesday. The data compiled by Statistics Korea showed that 72.8 percent of 5.58 million students across the country received private [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Seven out of 10 South Korean students used private education and single-member families accounted for nearly 30 percent of the country’s households in 2017, data showed Wednesday. The findings, based on figures released by the Ministry of Health and Welfare between 2017 and 2018, were compiled by combining 260 [...]
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, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — According to a report released by Statistics Korea on Tuesday, government support for public education reached 53 trillion won (US$47.2 billion) in 2015, up 2.8 percent from the previous year. The support for public education was targeted to young children aged 6 to 17. However, the support for public [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — According to a survey conducted by Statistics Korea, families in the highest income bracket spent 27 times more money on private lessons for their children than those from lower income backgrounds. The survey found that income earners in households belonging to the top 20 percent spent 242,600 won on [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Total household spending on private education for children exceeded 40 trillion won (US$37 billion) last year despite the country’s declining birth rate, the central bank said Saturday. South Korean households spent a total of 40.94 trillion won on private education in 2017, up 2.8 percent from 39.84 trillion won [...]
SEJONG, Apr. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Eight out of 10 primary school students received private education and other extracurricular activities in the past decade, with a majority of their parents feeling the pinch of high education costs, data showed Monday. According to the data compiled by Statistics Korea, 80 percent of the country’s elementary school [...]