I was caught with the statement that education in South Korea, as pointed by the reporter Sally Aguilar last January 22, is viewed crucial for success and competition is consequently very neatly heated and fierce. This is evident with the kind of system they have that students can go home at midnight from school. After their regular class, they go to academies where they attend tutorial sessions.
South Korean Education is managed and governed by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. Sometimes they don't consider Physical Education important.
They have kindergarten but it is not publicly administered, so, parents send their children to private schools. Children age 3-7 are in preschool. The elementary education caters children ages 8 to 14 in Korean years (6-13 in western years). Usually, the class teacher is in-charge most of the subject and there are some specialized teachers in profession like Physical Education and Foreign Language.
In their secondary education, it is composed of two levels: the middle school and the high school. The middle school is composed of three grades, from age 12/13 to 15/16 (western years). Before the class, students have an extra block, 30 minutes long, spent for self-study, watching educational broadcast, or for personal or class administration. They offered special classes on Saturdays for Club Activity (CA) Lessons. It is a half day class on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Saturday of the month
The high schools in Korea can be divided into two which would depend on the interest of the students. They have special high school where students must take entrance exam. The other type of high schools is with or without entrance exam in both in public or private high schools. The latter does not focus on specialized field but on sending students to college. Then, after high school, students may go to college or vocational school.
So far, South Korean Education is rigorous. Schools supported “self-study” sessions that last until midnight.
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