Sally Aguilar: South Korea's Educational System

From my research and internet surfing for my assigned report last January 22, 2011, the education in South Korea is viewed as crucial because success and competition is consequently very neatly heated and fierced. A centralized administration oversees the process for the education of children from Kindergarten to the third and final year of high school.

The following are generally considered as the most important subjects; Mathematics, Science, Korean, Social Studies, and English. Sometimes Physical Education is not considered important as it is not regarded to be education and therefore many schools lack high quality gymnasiums and varsity athletics.

South Korea was the first country in the world to provide high-speed internet access from every primary, junior and high school. Their school year is divided into two semesters. The first begins in the beginning of March and ends in mid-July; The second begins in late August and ends in mid-February. They have summer vacation from mid-July to late-August, and winter vacation from late-December to early February to March 1.

The Ministry of Education's Science and Technology (often abbreviated into “the Ministry of Education”) is responsible for South Korean Education. Meanwhile as I looked into our educational system, in our country Philippines, here are the Principles and general objectives and our education system aims to:

• Provide a broad general education that will assist each individual in society to attain his/her potential as a human being, and enhance the range and quality of the individual and the group;
• Help the individual participate in the basic functions of society and acquire the essential educational foundation for his/her development into a productive and versatile citizen;
• Train the nation’s manpower in the middle-level skills required for national development;
• Develop the high-level professions that will provide leadership for the nation, advance knowledge through research, and apply new knowledge for improving the quality of human life;
• Respond effectively to changing needs and conditions through a system of educational planning and evaluation.

I, as a teacher is hoping and doing my best to uplift the standard of our education. I know that my co educators also who are my classmates in this subject wished the same but, we know that this is possible if the people in-charge on top would also aim like we do. Maybe in my own little way, I can help change for the better and implement changes in my classroom and my students.