SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Education authorities announced Thursday that teachers in Seoul can request protection if they feel threatened by stalkers or blackmail. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education announced that it will begin offering Teacher Safety Insurance that expands the coverage of teacher’s insurance to include damages caused by students and their [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that teachers’ satisfaction with their teaching career generally decreases as time goes by. According to a survey conducted by the Korean Teachers and Education Workers’ Union, of 49,084 teachers at kindergartens, elementary, middle and high schools across the country, 47.8 percent of the respondents [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Many teachers feel uncomfortable about having their photo included in students’ graduation albums, a new survey showed. According to an online survey of 8,122 kindergarten, elementary, middle and high school teachers nationwide conducted by the Seoul Teachers’ Union, 70.6 percent of the respondents said they felt uneasy because they [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — As the coronavirus outbreak has postponed the new school year by more than a month, teachers are coming up with various ways to meet with their students. To ensure social distancing, teachers are meeting with each of their students separately. Park Sam-won, a teacher at Jeonggwang Middle School in [...]
BUSAN, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of elementary, middle and high school teachers in Busan who want to retire is increasing year after year. According to the Busan Metropolitan City Office of Education (BMCOE), 687 public elementary and secondary teachers and private middle school teachers applied for voluntary retirement in February. The figure [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education (SMOE) will launch a series of job training and experience programs starting this month to strengthen teachers’ ability to teach artificial intelligence (AI). The Seoul Education Research & Information Institute, which is affiliated with the SMOE, will conduct job training for basic AI [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Most parents sending their children to elementary, middle, or high schools do not trust the school teachers in terms of their capability, and send their children to private education classes as well, a recent study revealed. The Korean Educational Development Institute conducted a survey of 4,000 South Korean men [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Teachers from South Korea and Japan will meet to discuss new ways to teach students about Korea-Japan relations. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education (SMOE) announced on Thursday that it will invite 15 teachers from Japan to hold a teacher’s exchange program in South Korea. The Japanese teachers will [...]
SEJONG, Jul. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Education has decided to encourage teachers to have a second career as YouTubers. However, the government will require teachers to get authorization when their YouTube channel creates revenue with advertising. Furthermore, all channels that defame or damage the dignity or image of a teacher will be [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Education authorities are stepping up to prevent the unwelcome practice of overzealous parents calling teachers after working hours, depriving them of rest and privacy. The South Gyeongsang Provincial Office of Education announced plans to assign ‘phone numbers for work’ to teachers within the second half of this year, starting [...]