SOUTH KOREAN

EDUCATION
SYSTEM
GROUP 2
Catteryn Lu Chang Yu
Devita Rahma Refie Januar
Moses Armando
A BRIEF OVERVIEW ABOUT SOUTH KOREAN
EDUCTAION SYSTEM

KOREA: THEN KOREA: NOW

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A BRIEF OVERVIEW ABOUT SOUTH KOREAN
EDUCTAION SYSTEM

▰ Famously strong education system

▰ Most of students’ time are for study hard
▰ Teaching is amongst the highest revered occupations
in Korea society
▰ There is a gap between Students and Teachers also
Parents and Teachers
▰ No high school graduation tests only one college
entrance exam given nationwide (Seneung)
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A BRIEF OVERVIEW ABOUT SOUTH KOREAN
EDUCTAION SYSTEM

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PROBLEM OF SOUTH KOREAN EDUCATION SYSTEM

▰ There is a gap between Students and Teachers also

Parents and Teachers
▰ Lack of alternatives
▰ Some says it’s not humanity only study object
▰ High psychological pressure from the family to study
▰ Highest rate of suicide in the world
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SOLUTIONS FOR SOUTH KOREAN
EDUCATION SYSTEM

▰ Governments trying to close the cram schools

(hagwons)
▰ Make an alternative schools (ex: Tae-pong schools)

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HOW SOUTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT FINANCES
THEIR EDUCATION SYSTEM

▰ School funding is highly centralized, with local school systems generating 80% of
their revenues from the central Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
(MEST) budget.
▰ The local systems are also funded to a much smaller degree through revenue
transferred from local governing bodies, internal assets, locally issued bonds,
school admission fees and tuition.
▰ The central ministry directly funds teachers' salaries in primary and junior high
schools and preschool programs
▰ South Korea spends $ 7,652 per student
▰ Annual budget for education is $11.3 Billion
▰ 7.6% of South Korea’s GDP spent on education, as compared to the OECD
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