SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Clusters of coronavirus infections have recently popped up in universities in the city, prompting classes to switch back to online, with students rushing to get tested, less than a month after the spring semester began. At Sogang University in western Seoul, a total of eight students have tested positive [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Following the growing frequency of online classes prompted by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, South Korean middle and high school students have experienced more difficulty in self-management, including the maintenance of regular life patterns. The Seoul Education Research & Information Institute conducted a survey of 415 middle school [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — After the bullying accusations against South Korea’s twin volleyball stars Lee Jae-yeong and Lee Da-yeong gained media attention, the so-called ‘school violence me-too’ phenomenon is spreading even to the entertainment industry. The twin sisters are accused of having bullied fellow students when they were in school. School violence issues, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A substantial number of South Korean elementary, middle and high school students no longer think that marriage is an obligation. ChildFund Korea, a Seoul-based charity organization for children with mental and physical disabilities, conducted a survey of 708 elementary, middle and high school students. Only 16.7 percent of the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — As online classes are scheduled for this year’s academic calendar, parents are increasingly concerned over their children’s addiction to YouTube. What begins with a YouTube link shared by school teachers on an online education platforms ends with children not knowing when to stop watching videos, parents claim. Choi, a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s ‘bittoo’ fever is spreading rapidly, even to university students and job seekers with no stable income. Bittoo is the Korean term for borrowing to invest. This fever engulfed the country starting from last year with lots of people in their 20s and 30s taking out loans to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Younger students and disabled children will get more in-person instruction this year, the Ministry of Education said Tuesday, to fill their academic and social needs exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. Announcing its work plan and goal for this year, the ministry said it will continue to ensure a safe [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Students and their parents who recently took the annual national college entrance exam have sued the Minister of Education after an early bell reportedly sabotaged their exam. Students from a women’s high school in Seoul’s Gangseo District and their parents recently sued eight people including Education Minister Yoo Eun-hye, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey showed that among high school students in Seoul, only 3 out of 100 high ranking students came from low-income families. According to a report from the Seoul Education Research and Information Institute, the share of those with academic resilience among the high school students in Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of students are joining a social movement against the practice of collecting mobile phones at school. On social media platforms, students are posting handwritten protests against school practices of collecting mobile phones before class. They use hashtags such as #don’ttouchphonechallenge or #studentrights to encourage other students [...]