The inaugural Korea Glocal Education Fair is set to take place over five days, from May 29 to June 2, in Yeosu, South Jeolla Province. The event aims to foster discussions on futur.
After one month of operation, after-school care program aimed at providing child care services and education are showing promising signs of success with an increase in the number of participating schools and students. However, challenges such as a lack of instructors remain as expected.
Over 90 percent of elementary school teachers oppose the government’s plan to significantly expand after-school programs, which essentially amount to child care, to all elementary schools nationwide this year, according to an opposition lawmaker, Wednesday.
Korea has decided to increase the budget for the mentorship program for students from multicultural families and those from a North Korean background to better support their needs including education, the government said Tuesday.
Any change related to college admissions is an issue of paramount interest in South Korea, as it concerns not only pupils in middle and high schools, but also hundreds of thousands of high school graduates who plan to retake the annual state-administered exam. The retakers, known as “jaesusaeng” (second-timers), “samsusaeng” (third-timers) and “N-susaeng” (those sitting for the Sun.