SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — College seniors in medical school are stepping up to serve as volunteers to fight the coronavirus in the greater Seoul Area. The National Medical School Volunteer Corps recently announced that there has been a sense of solidarity among seniors for the need to voluntarily join the efforts to fight [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Elementary and middle school students in Seoul will be given the chance to attend rural schools for a certain period of time to gain a different perspective from what is common at urban schools. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education announced on Monday that it will launch a program [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Concern is growing over the deteriorating educational environment for students as schools continue to offer online courses at home due to the coronavirus pandemic. Market researcher Nielsen KoreanClick reported a 5 percent increase in the number of teenage PC/mobile users this September compared to last year. Teenagers have spent [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Most South Koreans believe that the expansion of online courses following the coronavirus outbreak has widened the gap of academic achievement among students as well as undermined the development of social skills. The Presidential Council for National Education conducted a survey of 24,656 people including students, parents, and teachers, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Science has once again proved that eating breakfast raises the learning capacity of teenagers. The Rural Development Administration announced Thursday that in a joint study with the Korea Food Research Institute, breakfast better ensures stability, raises learning capacity, and promotes physical health among teenagers. The research team conducted a [...]
CHEONGJU, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Unique inventions by students were displayed during a recent contest showcasing the ingenuity of young Koreans. At the recent Student Science Invention Contest hosted by Chungcheongbuk-do Office of Education, fourth-grade student Cha Do-eun presented a ‘Clear Sound Mask’ equipped with amplifiers and other accessories to allow people to speak [...]
SEJONG, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The growing ubiquity of non-face-to-face online lectures resulting from the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic turns out to have had a negative impact on the lifestyle habits of high school students in South Korea. Anyang Arts High School in Anyang, south of Seoul, conducted a survey of all of [...]
SUWON, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The novel coronavirus has had a significant impact on the lives of teenagers. The Suwon Youth Foundation conducted a survey of 1,724 students from elementary, middle and high school and 1,779 parents, which showed that study time each day had dropped by 36 minutes (2 hours and 18 minutes) [...]
HWACHEON, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A crowdfunding campaign launched by students at Sanae High School, located in the remote county of Hwacheon, about 120 kilometers northeast of Seoul, to help stray cats has ended in success after surpassing fundraising goals. The crowdfunding campaign, which took place between Sept. 18-Oct. 12, was supported by 457 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of South Korean middle and high school students have published an English fairytale book about an extinct sea lion as part of efforts to promote South Korean sovereignty over the easternmost Dokdo Islets. The students of Cheongshim International Academy in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province translated a fairytale that [...]