SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — In-person school classes fully resumed across South Korea on Monday in line with the country’s “living with COVID-19″ scheme. All kindergarten, elementary, middle and high schools welcomed students without anyone left behind for remote-learning for the first time since schools switched to learning from home or classes being held [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will fully resume in-person school classes next month in line with the government’s “living with COVID-19″ scheme, the education ministry said Friday. In-person attendance at kindergarten, elementary, middle and high schools will resume nationwide on Nov. 22, following this year’s College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), a state-run [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — COVID-19 is speeding up the era of digital public education, as unexpectedly as it seems, while taking a toll on offline education. Since April of last year, following the first wave of the pandemic across the country, education authorities have scrambled to set up digital infrastructure across all schools. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — More South Korean students will be allowed to take in-person classes starting Monday as attendance cap restrictions in schools have been eased despite the extended distancing measures. The Ministry of Education reaffirmed Thursday it will allow schools to expand in-person classes even under the Level 4 distancing scheme, the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Several girls’ middle and high schools in Seoul have deleted school provisions restricting the color of undergarments that the students can wear. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education carried out special consultations with 31 girls’ middle and high schools with similar rules on undergarments, six of which decided to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — With summer vacations ending, children started to return to their classrooms under relaxed distancing rules for schools Monday, despite an uncontrolled outbreak of the coronavirus. Last week, the Ministry of Education eased social distancing guidelines in schools for the fall semester. The measure was aimed at running in-person classes [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Education announced a set of new relaxed social distancing guidelines in schools Monday to bring more children back into classrooms in the fall. The ministry said it will allow schools to run in-person classes even under Level 4 distancing measures, the most stringent set of rules, [...]
UIJEONGBU, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education said it will invest 94 billion won (US$82 million) in the renovation of 235 schools by 2024. Education authorities on Thursday introduced 33 elementary, middle, and high schools that have already undergone renovations. Daeduck Elementary School in Anseong, 77 km south of Seoul, [...]
SEJONG, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The central administrative city of Sejong’s education office said Wednesday that it will establish a musical instrument sharing system between schools. More than 26 different types of 374 musical instruments, including janggu (a traditional Korean drum), drums, marimbas and vibraphones will be available. The listed musical instruments will be [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — All schools in the greater Seoul area switched to online classes full-time Wednesday as the country has seen record-breaking coronavirus infections. The measure will remain effective until July 25 in Seoul, Incheon, 40 kilometers west of the capital, and Gyeonggi Province. By then, most schools will be closed for [...]