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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
2 in 3 overseas Korean students from capital area

Two out of 3 Korean students studying abroad for elementary school are from Seoul and Gyeonggi Province, according to a report released Wednesday by the Ministry of Education. The ministry report sh...

Oct 11, 2017
Education
Govt. to phase out foreign words in elementary textbooks

The Ministry of Education said Saturday it will gradually remove foreign words from elementary school textbooks to help young pupils better acquire the Korean language. In the first phase, a total o...

Oct 8, 2017
Education
KAIST named 6th most innovative university in the world

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology took sixth place in the world’s most innovative universities ranking for the second consecutive year, according to Thomson Reuters Thursday. The ...

Sept 29, 2017
Education
PM appeals for support for construction of schools for handicapped students

Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon appealed to the public Thursday to put aside selfish interests and support the construction of schools for handicapped students wherever they are necessary following a sens...

Sept 21, 2017
Education
No holiday for cram schools in Korea during Chuseok period

Private institutes offer special lecture packages targeting students who want to use extended holiday to boost grades

Sept 21, 2017
Education
[Photo News] UN subsidiary hosts youth speech contest for Sustainable Development Goals

SPEECH CONTEST -- The United Nations Project Office on Governance held its first speech contest -- "Let's Talk about SDGs" -- in Songdo, Incheon, on Friday, co-hosted with the Ministry of the Interio...

Sept 15, 2017
Education
Kindergartens call off strike

The Korea Kindergarten Association on Friday called off its plan to stage a strike next week. The strike scheduled for Monday was averted as the association representing private kindergartens nation...

Sept 15, 2017
Education
Education Ministry calls kindergarten strike ‘illegal’

South Korea’s education authorities on Tuesday declared an upcoming strike by private kindergartens illegal, warning that such collective action “will not be tolerated.” Members of the Korea Kinderg...

Sept 12, 2017
Education
Contract teachers won't see status shift: Education Ministry

Contract teachers in public schools will be an exception to the Moon Jae-in administration’s campaign to give all public-sector irregular workers permanent employee status, the Education Ministry sai...

Sept 11, 2017
Education

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