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AI Digital Textbooks to be Introduced in Schools from 2025

AI Digital Textbooks to be Introduced in Schools from 2025

SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered digital textbooks will be introduced in local elementary and secondary schools, beginning in 2025, in response to the growing need for varied learning content, the Ministry of Education said Thursday. AI digital textbooks have been pushed as part of the government’s digital education innovation to offer [...]

Customized Digital School Textbooks to Go into Use in 2025

Customized Digital School Textbooks to Go into Use in 2025

SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Artificial intelligence-powered digital textbooks customized to different academic levels will go into use in 2025, beginning with junior elementary students and middle and high school freshmen, the education ministry said Thursday. The plan aims to meet different educational needs of students across various academic levels by harnessing metaverse, AI [...]

3 in 10 Homeroom Teachers at Middle and High Schools Work Part-time: Data

3 in 10 Homeroom Teachers at Middle and High Schools Work Part-time: Data

SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Part-time teachers are increasing in proportion to homeroom teachers in middle and high schools as regular teachers increasingly avoid taking responsibility, a state-run institute said Tuesday. The Korean Educational Developmental Institute reported that among all 110,295 homeroom teachers at middle and high schools across the country as of 2022, [...]

Education Ministry Takes Action to Save Small Schools in Struggling Rural Communities

Education Ministry Takes Action to Save Small Schools in Struggling Rural Communities

SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The education ministry plans to introduce a “basic quota of teachers” to sustain small schools in rural communities where the population is declining, officials have said. For its mid- and long-term teacher supply plan, the ministry decided to calculate the number of teachers needed by the size of the [...]

Teacher Numbers to Drop in Line with School-age Population Decline

Teacher Numbers to Drop in Line with School-age Population Decline

SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to reduce the public school workforce due to a decline in the student population. According to the plan that the Ministry of Education formulated through consultations with other government agencies, the government will lower the number of public school teachers to 344,906 next year, a reduction [...]

Nobel Prize-winner Confirms Among Largest Learning Gains Ever Measured in International Education in NewGlobe-supported Schools

Nobel Prize-winner Confirms Among Largest Learning Gains Ever Measured in International Education in NewGlobe-supported Schools

NAIROBI, Kenya, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A Nobel Prize-winning economist has confirmed ‘learning gains among the largest ever measured’ in schools by any major study in emerging markets. The study, led by Professor Michael Kremer, 2019 Nobel Prize winner, finds children living in underserved communities receive over 53% more learning in NewGlobe supported schools throughout their early [...]