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[Advertising Awards] Seoul Foreign School carries on century-old legacy of educational excellence

Nov 5, 2020

It is a privilege, on behalf of Seoul Foreign School and our Communications and Marketing team, to accept this honor from The Korea Herald celebrating our efforts in educational advertising. Seoul F...
After-school care workers threaten to launch strike Friday

Nov 4, 2020

Thousands of after-school care attendants are threatening a one-day strike Friday, demanding better working conditions. A coalition of nonregular school workers announced Wednesday that more than a ...
[News Focus] How South Korea plans to keep 500,000 students safe for national college entrance exam

Nov 3, 2020

Even COVID-19 patients and those with symptoms won’t have to miss the life-defining Suneung, Education Ministry says
Seoul to give 300,000 won to first-year students in middle, high schools

Oct 29, 2020

Seoul will provide all first-year students in the city’s middle and high schools with a one-off stipend of 300,000 won ($265), starting from next year, the city‘s education office announced Thursday....
Students, consultants nabbed for ghostwriting competition essays used in college entry

Oct 29, 2020

Nearly 80 students and college admission consultants have been nabbed on charges of producing ghostwritten essays and other papers for writing competitions, which were later used to embellish college...
[Newsmaker] School counselor arrested for allegedly leaking SAT questions

Oct 28, 2020

A former high school counselor suspected of leaking copies of a US college entrance exam was arrested in Seoul late Tuesday night. The man, identified only by the surname Lee, is under police invest...
Arrest warrant in review for school counselor suspected of leaking SAT questions

Oct 27, 2020

A local court on Tuesday began reviewing whether to issue an arrest warrant for a high school counselor suspected of leaking test papers for a US college entrance exam. The Seoul Central District Co...
Five South Korean agencies team up with ADB on education

Oct 20, 2020

Five South Korean educational institutions are partnering with the Asian Development Bank to improve the quality of education in the region. They are the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluatio...
With eased attendance cap, 1st graders at elementary schools to return to classrooms almost every day

Oct 18, 2020

South Korean students will take in-person classes more often starting this week, as attendance cap restrictions in schools have been eased amid a recent drop in new coronavirus cases. The Ministry o...
Admission rule breaches found at six colleges

Oct 14, 2020

Six universities, including the nation’s most prestigious Seoul National University, were found to have breached the government-set evaluation standards in their portfolio-based admissions process, t...
[News Focus] Higher attendance cap allows schools to tackle growing achievement gap

Oct 12, 2020

Schools in South Korea will raise their attendance caps for schools in line with the recent easing of social distancing guidelines. Many hope this will narrow the achievement gap among students from...
S. Korea to ease attendance cap in schools following relaxation of social distancing measures

Oct 11, 2020

South Korea's education ministry on Sunday said it will ease attendance caps for schools after health authorities decided to enforce the lowest level of social distancing measures. Schools around th...
SFS High School appoints new principal

Oct 11, 2020

The Seoul Foreign School has appointed the interim head of the Swiss International School in Qatar as its high school principal, it announced Sunday. Nancy Le Nezet will be leaving her current posit...
[Newsmaker] Private schools hold more in-person classes than public ones

Oct 7, 2020

Private elementary schools have held more in-person classes than public ones, a lawmaker said Wednesday, claiming it to be evidence of the “unequal” disruptions in students’ learning amid the COVID-1...
[News Focus] In pandemic-hit schools, small is big

Oct 5, 2020

Calls for smaller student bodies grow as virus outbreak hampers in-person learning in crowded classrooms