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INU launches global integrated college

Incheon National University on Tuesday launched the College of Law, Commerce and Public Affairs, which encompasses various disciplines in its humanities program. According to officials, the integrat...

Feb 23, 2016
Education
Korea, U.S. defense universities to strengthen academic exchanges

South Korea's state-run defense university said Tuesday it plans to ink a preliminary deal with its U.S. counterpart this week to strengthen academic exchanges amid North Korea's evolving threats. T...

Feb 23, 2016
Education
Ministry codifies schools’ student protection but without binding power

The Education Ministry on Monday rolled out a series of measures to protect children deprived of their right to education but the plan is not legally binding, raising questions about their effectiven...

Feb 22, 2016
Education
[Graphic News] Most gifted children learning math, science

Of all elementary, middle and high school students in South Korea, 1.8 percent of have been deemed gifted children and are receiving specialized education, the Education Ministry said Wednesday. Of ...

Feb 17, 2016
Education
IVECA promotes cross-cultural education

Recognizing education as a powerful tool to achieve international prosperity, 21st century learning should address the linkages between education and its contributions on the global level, an expert ...

Feb 1, 2016
Education
Chadwick to host meeting of overseas schools

Chadwick International will host the Korea Council of Overseas Schools on March 11, officials said Monday. The KORCOS is a nonprofit, nonsectarian organization of educators from overseas currentl...

Feb 1, 2016
Education
Yonsei’s new chief takes office

Yonsei University’s newly-elected president Kim Yong-hak took office on Monday at an inauguration ceremony held in the school’s Seoul campus. Kim, 63, has worked as a sociology professor at the univ...

Feb 1, 2016
Education
Education issues set for bumpy year in 2016

The year 2016 is expected to be a boisterous one in the education sector, especially as government policies continue to fuel political and ideological debates about issues including free child care, ...

Feb 1, 2016
Education
Appeals court upholds stripping teachers’ union of legal status

The Seoul High Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of the government’s decision to strip the Korea Teachers and Education Workers’ Union of its legal status, dealing it yet another blow in its two-year l...

Jan 21, 2016
Education
Authorities play chicken over ‘child care crisis’

Even as payday for kindergarten teachers across the country looms, the impasse between government and regional education authorities over financing the country’s free child care “Nuri” program persis...

Jan 20, 2016
Education
The rooms where time refuses to pass

Parents, authorities, school officials locked in standoff over preserving ‘memory classrooms’ for Sewol’s student victims

Jan 18, 2016
Education
[Weekender] ‘Elite education vital to help students reach their full potential’

The debate over gifted education in Korea is generally played out between two sides: Opponents argue the special education program is tailored for the select few and undermines the principle of equal...

Jan 8, 2016
Education
Education chiefs propose child care standoff talks

Heads of six education offices across the country accused the government Wednesday of unfairly forcing local education offices to shoulder the costs for its free child care Nuri program, and suggeste...

Jan 6, 2016
Education
Student councils, scholars denounce sex slave deal

A local scholars’ group on Monday called for the immediate annulment of last week’s agreement between South Korea and Japan on wartime sex slavery, saying it is working with 380 intellectuals and act...

Jan 4, 2016
Education
Child care crisis looms as funding standoff persists

Government, education offices dig their heels deeper in strife over childcare funding program

Jan 4, 2016
Education

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