Private Education Spending Hits Record High in 2017: Survey

SEJONG, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Monthly expenditures on private education here reached an all-time high last year amid a steady drop in the number of students, data showed Thursday. Monthly spending on private education averaged 271,000 won (US$254) per child in 2017, up 5.9 percent, or 15,000 won, from a year earlier, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea. It marked the largest monthly total since [...]