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Why Arabic is so popular among South Korean students

More than seven out of 10 Suneung test-takers chose Arabic as a second foreign language this year, a surprisingly high number given that the language is rarely taught in schools here. Students check...

Dec 13, 2017
Education
[Photo News] ‘Suneung’ scores delivered to 530,000 contenders

Korean students received their results for the annual college entrance exam, Suneung, on Tuesday morning. According to Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation, 531,327 students, including 398,...

Dec 12, 2017
Education
Korea, UNESCO to support vocational education in 5 African countries

South Korea and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization held a ceremony on Monday to mark their implementation of a project to support technical and vocational education and training...

Dec 11, 2017
Education
[Herald Interview] Preparing students for unpredictable future

Chadwick International’s incoming head stresses vision, passion and diversity in school

Dec 8, 2017
Education
[Graphic News] Korea tops PISA scale in collaborative problem-solving

South Korean youths scored the highest in terms of their collaborative problem-solving abilities at the Program for International Student Assessment 2015 test among 51 member countries of the Organi...

Nov 23, 2017
Education
[Newsmaker] Teen refugees pursue education that was denied in Syria

When Yana was six, living in Damascus, Syria, her school was destroyed in an aerial bombardment. Since then, she had been out of education. Now 12 years old and resettled in South Korea, Yana said s...

Nov 23, 2017
Education
Fallout from Suneung delay felt across industries

The decision by educational authorities to postpone South Korea’s national university entrance examination due to Wednesday’s earthquake is having repercussions across society. Student studies of th...

Nov 16, 2017
Education
Suneung postponed amid quake fears

South Korea’s Education Ministry confirmed Wednesday that the national entrance examination, or suneung, will be delayed to Nov. 23, due to a possible aftershock in the quake-hit Pohang area. It is ...

Nov 15, 2017
Education
[Urgent] Korea delays state college entrance exam for a week

South Korea decided on Wednesday to postpone the state-administered college entrance exam by a week as a rare 5.4-magnitude quake struck the southeastern city of Pohang and caused fissures in some s...

Nov 15, 2017
Education
At Dwight School Seoul, passion ignites student success

Dwight School Seoul located in Digital Media City, Mapo-gu, believes the key to academic success is igniting every student’s passion for learning and providing personalized learning opportunities for...

Nov 15, 2017
Education
South Korea enters full ‘suneung mode’

With suneung, or the national college entrance examination, scheduled to take place Thursday, education authorities on Monday began moving exam papers and answer sheets to 85 designated locations acr...

Nov 13, 2017
Education
Hospitality education, industry brace for new generation of employees

Swiss Education Group unveils research on emergence of Generation Z and its potential impact on the workplace

Nov 10, 2017
Education
[Best Brand] Chadwick International

It is my distinct honor to accept the Best Brand Award in Education by The Korea Herald once again on behalf of Chadwick International. Our recent campaign “I am your Chadwick” first began as I was ...

Oct 30, 2017
Education
Gyeonggi Province rebrands English Village to Change Up Campus

Gyeonggi English Village, which was South Korea’s first residential English camp, has rebranded itself as Change Up Campus as part of efforts to nurture and promote high-quality and future-oriented e...

Oct 17, 2017
Education
Ex-US Rep. Honda to receive honorary doctorate for fight for sexual slavery victims

CHEONGJU, South Korea -- Former US Rep. Mike Honda will receive an honorary doctorate degree from a South Korean university this week for his efforts to help Korean victims of Japan's wartime sexual ...

Oct 12, 2017
Education

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