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Gov't announces state control over history textbooks

The government Monday announced its plan to reintroduce a single state history textbook for secondary school students to address what it calls the predominantly left-leaning contents in current books...

Oct 12, 2015
Education
English guru helps students foster creativity

With Korean society emphasizing the importance of the “creative economy,” novel and imaginative ideas are becoming more valuable than ever. Professor Min Byoung-chul, professor of international stud...

Oct 8, 2015
Education
Decision on history textbooks due next week

The Education Ministry said Wednesday it would announce next week its decision on the possible reinstatement of state-published history textbooks for secondary education, a move that is expected to p...

Oct 7, 2015
Education
‘College students have poor Korean’

A recent study by a local scholar suggested South Korean college students are not very proficient in their mother tongue, with the average student having only basic writing skills. Song Hyun-jung, a...

Oct 6, 2015
Education
Protests erupt over college president ballots

Last Friday, some 400 students of state-run universities across South Korea held a joint protest supporting the direct voting system of college presidents by professors. While the students themselve...

Oct 5, 2015
Education
Hanyang University to hold student forum

Hanyang University’s Institute of Chinese Studies is hosting an international student forum about the network between South Korea and China on Thursday, school officials said Monday. The topic of th...

Oct 5, 2015
Education
New grading system confirmed for college English exam

South Korea recently confirmed the final plans for the 2017 college entrance exam, known here as Suneung, the most notable of which was to change the current curved grading system to a score-based “a...

Oct 5, 2015
Education
‘Workload, sexism, lack of voice ail Asian teachers’

Many teachers in countries across the Asia-Pacific region are suffering from a series of problems including overtime work, gender discrimination against females and the lack of opportunities for prof...

Oct 4, 2015
Education
‘Ministry fails to rein in kindergarten tuition hike’

The South Korean government has failed to take appropriate measures to suppress the billowing tuition for English kindergartens, despite its pledge to reduce the increasing costs for private educatio...

Sept 24, 2015
Education
Yonsei professors campaign against state history textbook

Professors at Yonsei University on Tuesday joined a nationwide move against the government’s attempt to reinstate state-published history textbooks for secondary education. The move came a week after...

Sept 22, 2015
Education
Education for ‘YouTube generation’

Education will need to take a far different approach from the “factory model of teaching” of the past to grant students greater control over their learning, a U.S. educator has said. “What matters t...

Sept 21, 2015
Education
‘Hanja’ education in elementary schools stirs dispute

The South Korean Education Ministry’s year-long effort to reintroduce use of Chinese characters ― or Hanja ― in primary education was put on hold earlier this month, but the controversy lingers as it...

Sept 21, 2015
Education
More professors oppose gov't plan to standardize history textbooks

Another group of professors urged the government to stop its plan to standardize history textbooks Wednesday, saying it is an act of weakening the country's democracy. The call came in a statement r...

Sept 16, 2015
Education
Curved grading fuels Arabic’s popularity in college exam

Over half of all students taking the “second foreign language” option in this year’s college entrance exam have opted for Arabic, which appears to be fueled by the widespread belief that the curved g...

Sept 15, 2015
Education
Opposition bashes minister for silence on state history textbook

Opposition lawmakers Thursday blasted the education minister at the parliamentary audit for not providing sufficient information on its supposed drive to reinstate state-published textbooks for secon...

Sept 10, 2015
Education

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