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Yoon Ho-jin, a 22-year-old nuclear and quantum engineering student, had never taken philosophy seriously. Oriental classics and humanities studies were far from his life, which was mostly devoted to m...
Updated : 2013.05.22 20:47
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The Ministry of Education said Wednesday that it planned to increase financial support for universities to 262 billion won ($236.6 million) this year, up 11.5 percent from a year ago.Of that, 143.7 billion won, up nearly 16 percent a year ago, will be allocated to schools outside of Seoul,...
Updated : 2013.05.22 20:47
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NEW YORK (AP) ― It’s one thing to say tech geniuses don’t need degrees. After all, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college.But now we’ve got David Karp, who doesn’t ...
Updated : 2013.05.22 20:45
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Education woes seen as Achilles‘ heel of BrazilSEROPEDICA, Brazil (AP) _ There‘s a storage room just off a university lab that gives students more experience than many can handle: Skinned pigs and cats, disembodied cow livers, intestines, brains and the other unidentifiable detritus of y...
Updated : 2013.05.16 17:41
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In stark contrast with the current problems in math and science classrooms in the U.S., in which students struggle and are unmotivated to work hard, some believe that Korean students’ high achievemen...
Updated : 2013.05.15 20:44
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International schools are booming in Korea as more parents and students seek education in English to face the competitive global environment.Located in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, the Taehwa Internatio...
Updated : 2013.05.12 19:39
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This is the second in a follow-up series to one which was published in the Expat Living section on March 6 and 13 and covered the ongoing native English teacher phaseouts in certain regions. This three-part series further assesses the native English teacher program as well as the Teaching ...
Updated : 2013.05.08 20:31
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Seoul education authorities are launching a sweeping investigation into test-prep schools after the Scholastic Aptitude Test was canceled last week due to an alleged leak of questions.The organizer ca...
Updated : 2013.05.07 17:49
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The organizer of the U.S. Scholastic Aptitude Test canceled the college admission exam for Koreans scheduled for Saturday amid an investigation into a leak of exam questions.The College Board, which oversees the SAT, notified Korean applicants on Wednesday of the cancellation via email. Th...
Updated : 2013.05.02 18:19
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This is the first in a two-part follow-up series to one which was published in the Expat Living section on March 6 and 13 and covered the ongoing native English teacher phaseouts in certain regions na...
Updated : 2013.05.01 20:48
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On a cold winter day in 1910, American pastor Arthur T. Pierson arrived in Korea, the land of the morning calm. Touched by the people who walked for days to hear his preaching, he decided to set up a ...
Updated : 2013.04.24 20:15
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One of the major pledges of the new government is the so-called “free learning semester system.” The basic concept of the new system is that middle schools implement programs to promote career explo...
Updated : 2013.04.24 20:15
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President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday ordered a thorough overhaul of school textbooks to make them more explanatory and easier to understand, reaffirming her commitment that questions in college entrance and other exams should not go beyond the levels of school texts.“Textbooks must improve ...
Updated : 2013.04.24 20:14
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The education ministry said Monday it plans to match the class sizes of primary and secondary schools to international standards by 2020 in an effort to provide a better educational environment.Under the plan, the class size of primary schools will be cut to an average of 21 students per c...
Updated : 2013.04.22 20:56
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More than 7 out of 10 primary and secondary school students in Seoul participated in private education and other extracurricular activities last year, with a majority of their parents feeling the pinch of high education costs, data showed Thursday.According to the data compiled by the Seou...
Updated : 2013.04.18 20:53
