{"id":6114,"date":"2018-10-10T23:30:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T04:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=6114"},"modified":"2018-10-11T10:03:30","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T15:03:30","slug":"education-system-reform-in-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/education-system-reform-in-south-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Education System Reform in South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"

The South Korean government is trying to implement a new compulsory education system. This issue has been receiving a great deal of attention by South Korean People.<\/p>\n

In the United States, \uc5b4\ub9b0\uc774\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(children) typically receive \ubb34\uc0c1\uad50\uc721\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(free education) for \uc2ed\uc774<\/em> \ub144<\/em><\/span> (twelve years). In most states, children between the ages of six and eighteen receive their \uc815\uaddc\uad50\uc721\u00a0<\/em><\/span>(formal education): \ucd08\ub4f1\ud559\uad50\u00a0<\/em><\/span>(elementary school), \uc911\ud559\uad50\u00a0<\/em><\/span>(middle school), and \uace0\ub4f1\ud559\uad50\u00a0<\/em><\/span>(high school).<\/p>\n

Interestingly, North Korea offers\u00a0\uc758\ubb34\uad50\uc721\u00a0<\/em><\/span>(compulsory education) for twelve years as the United State does: one year of \uc720\uce58\uc6d0\u00a0<\/em><\/span>(kindergarten), five years of \uc18c\ud559\uad50\u00a0<\/em><\/span>(elementary school), three years of \ucd08\uae09\uc911\ud559\uad50<\/span><\/em> (middle school), and three years of \uace0\uae09\uc911\ud559\uad50\u00a0<\/em><\/span>(high school). Since 2017, the North Korean government executed twelve years of the compulsory education system throughout the whole country.<\/p>\n

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How about South Korean Education System?<\/strong><\/p>\n

While the United States and North Korea implement twelve years of free education, South Korea has employed nine years of compulsory schooling funded by the government: six years of \ucd08\ub4f1\ud559\uad50\u00a0<\/em><\/span>(elementary) and three years of \uc911\ud559\uad50\u00a0<\/em><\/span>(middle school).<\/p>\n

During President Moon\u2019s campaign for his presidency, free preschool and \uace0\ub4f1\ud559\uad50 \uad50\uc721\u00a0<\/em><\/span>(high school education) were one of his core campaign pledges. South Korea is well known for a phenomenon called \uad50\uc721\uc5f4\u00a0<\/em><\/span>(Education Fever), and people spend a tremendous amount of money on \uacfc\uc678\u00a0<\/em><\/span>(private tutoring) and \ud559\uc6d0\u00a0<\/em><\/span>(private afterschool academies). In an effort to reduce the high level of expenditure on \uc0ac\uad50\uc721 <\/em>(<\/span><\/span>private education),<\/span> President Moon has tried to extend \ubb34\ub8cc \uacf5\uad50\uc721\u00a0<\/em><\/span>(free public education) for high schools beyond middle schools. The South Korean government originally planned to offer free high school education from 2020 gradually, but this plan might come into effect in the fall semester of 2019. The Korean government is working hard to come up with about two trillion won per year for related budget.<\/p>\n

\uac10\uc0ac\ud569\ub2c8\ub2e4<\/em>!<\/em><\/span>\u00a0(Thank you!)<\/p>\n

***Related Vocabulary***<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. \uc5b4\ub9b0\uc774 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(children)<\/li>\n
  2. \ubb34\uc0c1\uad50\uc721 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>(free education<\/li>\n
  3. \uc2ed\uc774\ub144 \u00a0<\/em><\/span> (twelve years)<\/li>\n
  4. \uc815\uaddc\uad50\uc721 \u00a0<\/em><\/span>(formal education)<\/li>\n
  5. \ucd08\ub4f1\ud559\uad50 \u00a0<\/span><\/em>(elementary school)<\/li>\n
  6. \uc911\ud559\uad50 \u00a0<\/em><\/span>(middle school)<\/li>\n
  7. \uace0\ub4f1\ud559\uad50 \u00a0<\/span><\/em>(high school).<\/li>\n
  8. \uc758\ubb34\uad50\uc721 \u00a0<\/em><\/span>(compulsory education)<\/li>\n
  9. \uc720\uce58\uc6d0 \u00a0<\/em><\/span>(kindergarten)<\/li>\n
  10. \uc18c\ud559\uad50 \u00a0<\/em><\/span>(elementary school in North Korea)<\/li>\n
  11. \ucd08\uae09\uc911\ud559\uad50 \u00a0<\/em><\/span>(middle school in North Korea)<\/li>\n
  12. \uace0\uae09\uc911\ud559\uad50 \u00a0<\/em><\/span>(high school in North Korea)<\/li>\n
  13. \uace0\ub4f1\ud559\uad50 \uad50\uc721 \u00a0<\/em><\/span>(high school education)<\/li>\n
  14. \uad50\uc721\uc5f4 \u00a0<\/em><\/span>(Education Fever)]<\/li>\n
  15. \ud559\uc6d0 \u00a0<\/em><\/span>(private afterschool academies).<\/li>\n
  16. \uc0ac\uad50\uc721 \u00a0<\/em><\/span>(private education),<\/li>\n
  17. \ubb34\ub8cc \uacf5\uad50\uc721 \u00a0<\/em><\/span>(free public education)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    The South Korean government is trying to implement a new compulsory education system. This issue has been receiving a great deal of attention by South Korean People. In the United States, \uc5b4\ub9b0\uc774\u00a0(children) typically receive \ubb34\uc0c1\uad50\uc721\u00a0(free education) for \uc2ed\uc774 \ub144 (twelve years). In most states, children between the ages of six and eighteen receive their \uc815\uaddc\uad50\uc721\u00a0(formal…<\/p>\n

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