South Korea’s Education Ministry confirmed Wednesday that the national entrance examination, or suneung, will be delayed to Nov. 23, due to a possible aftershock in the quake-hit Pohang area. It is the first time that the multi-subject standardized test, equivalent to the US’ SAT, has ever been postponed since it was introduced in 1994. Education Minister Kim Sang-kon said in an urgent briefing held at 8:20 p.m. that the decision was due to “a request made by an education office in Pohang” to po

　South Korea decided on Wednesday to postpone the state-administered college entrance exam by a week as a rare 5.4-magnitude quake struck the southeastern city of Pohang and caused fissures in some school buildings there. 　The Ministry of Education announced that the date for the College Scholastic Aptitude Test has been pushed back to Nov. 23.　The test was due to be held nationwide on Thursday. 　It is the first time that the test has been rescheduled due to a natural disaster. (Yonhap)South Kor

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 each student, the school said Wednesday.  The 2017 graduation ceremony of Dwight School SeoulAs an International Baccalaureate World School, Dwight School Seoul provides international education based on the highest recognized academic standards and uses the IB curriculum to kindle every child’s pers

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 across the country. Officials move boxes containing exam papers and answer sheets for Thursday's national college entrance exam from a printing company in Sejong on Monday. YonhapThe sheets will be kept under tight security until early Thursday morning, when they are to be handed over to test administra

Swiss Education Group unveils research on emergence of Generation Z and its potential impact on the workplace

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 preparing for the commencement of the first graduating class of Chadwick International in 2016. When Chadwick International was first established in 2010, we only accepted up to Grade 7, marking them the highest grade level. It was an intentional decision for the school. Chadwick wanted to provide an

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 education for students, according to the province Tuesday. The Change Up Campus run by Gyeonggi Province will provide programs designed to help students to better prepare for the coming “fourth industrial revolution” on top of learning the English language, the province said.  Key panelists pose befor

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 slavery, the school said Thursday.Cheongju University in the central city of the same name said it will award Honda with the degree in politics in a ceremony Friday in recognition of his contribution to Korea-US relations and his fight for the sexual slavery victims. (Yonhap)After the ceremony, he wi

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 showed that in 2016, 15,000 elementary students dropped out of school among some 2.6 million students nationwide. Of the dropouts, 3,400 cited “unacknowleged overseas studies” as the reason for halting domestic school attendance. Going abroad for studies is recorded in the government books as acknowledg

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 of 322 foreign words in textbooks for third and fourth graders will be replaced with Korean ones in their 2018 editions, the ministry said.Most of the foreign words are Korean pronunciations of English, Chinese and Japanese words, it noted.On the 30th page of the moral education textbook for third grade

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 Reuters ranking of the World’s Most Innovative Universities lists 100 educational institutions that are doing the most to advance science, invent new technologies and improve new industries.Reuters introduced KAIST as “one of the only two Asian universities in the top 20,” and mentioned how the majorit

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 sensational photo showing parents of students with disabilities kneeling before opponents and begging for support.It was the scene of a meeting of residents held in a western Seoul neighborhood early this month to discuss a proposal to build a school for handicapped students in their neighborhood. As man

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

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 Interior and Safety and Incheon Metropolitan City. A total 68 teams of university and high school students applied for the contest to share their insight on the UN-backed Sustainable Development Goals, a set of 17 goals covering global issues to be achieved by 2030. Byun Jung-yoon from Pusan National Univer

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 nationwide agreed to continue talks with the Ministry of Education over its demand for an increase in state subsidy. The decision came after the two sides met for talks at Government Complex Seoul in Gwanghwamun on Friday afternoon.  Members of the Korea Kindergarten Association hold a banner reading “Equal