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Female students dominate college exam

Female students who took the college entrance exam ― known here as the “Suneung” ― last year garnered higher scores in all major subjects compared to their male counterparts, the state-run Korea Inst...

Aug 18, 2015
Education
Professor commits suicide over college voting system

A professor at a Busan-based university was found dead Monday in what appears to be a suicide, after protesting the university’s decision to abolish direct election of its president. The 54-year-old...

Aug 17, 2015
Education
Education underpins Korea’s rapid growth

South Korea’s education system played a pivotal role in its improbable transformation from one of the poorest countries in the world to the fourth-largest economy in Asia. The country’s series of tr...

Aug 16, 2015
Education
What they don't teach you at school

South Korea’s questionable sex education may have adverse effects on teenagers’ sexual perceptions

Aug 12, 2015
Education
[Weekender] Winds of change sweep universities, student life

Like almost everything else in Korea, universities here have seen dramatic changes over the past few decades. In the years immediately following the 1950-1953 Korean War, universities were home t...

Aug 7, 2015
Education
[Weekender] Graduation albums a rite of passage

College seniors have many things on their minds. From midterm grades and postgraduate plans to love interests, twentysomethings go through some busy years. In Korea, taking graduation album photo...

Aug 7, 2015
Education
S. Korea mulls setting up body for history textbooks

Education Minister Hwang Woo-yea has said the government does not rule out establishing a body responsible for the publication of Korean history textbooks for students. "There could be confusion amo...

Aug 5, 2015
Education
‘Give education back to schools’

Veteran educator says system overhaul is key to abandon competition-driven education

Aug 3, 2015
Education
Massive school sexual harassment under probe

Male teachers at a Seoul-based high school were recently accused of sexually harassing their female colleagues and students for more than a year, leading to severe criticism of the city education off...

Jul 31, 2015
Education
DYB Education eyes China and Vietnam markets

Institute eyes overseas markets with its unique English education system

Jul 31, 2015
Education
Job-focused education policy stirs controversy

Government-led reform sparks fear of downsizing of humanities studies

Jul 29, 2015
Education
Education minister to visit South America

Education Minister Hwang Woo-yea will visit South America this week on a trip aimed at boosting bilateral cooperation in the education sector, the ministry said Sunday. Hwang, who doubles as deputy ...

Jul 26, 2015
Education
School reform, for better or for worse?

Efforts to diversify high school education end up reinforcing disparity

Jul 20, 2015
Education
Seoul private school stripped of elite status

The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education said Thursday it will strip an autonomous private high school ― a de facto elite school ― of its status after it failed to meet the evaluation requirements....

Jul 20, 2015
Education
Obama says again Korean teachers are paid as much as doctors

U.S. President Barack Obama said again that teachers in South Korea are paid as much as doctors, a notion that is far from reality and which drew a refutation from a Korean teachers' association when...

Jul 17, 2015
Education

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