Like China, South Korea has a six-year primary school, three years in junior high school, three years in senior high school and four years in college. South Korean students' primary schools, junior high schools and senior high schools are all direct schools, and they generally enter the school nearby according to their place of residence. Only a few students choose schools according to their grades.

Although there is little pressure for further studies, Korean students usually try to get into universities. They have to attend 34 hours of classes every week, and 95% of students will go to the remedial classes run by the society on weekends and winter and summer vacations to recharge their batteries.

Unlike China's college entrance examination, South Korean college admission depends not only on students' national unified examination results, but also on students' usual grades (mainly mid-term and final examination results), which generally accounts for 40% of college entrance examinations. The specific standards are decided by each school, and excellent students will of course be recommended to universities by the high schools they attend.

For Korean students, as long as they want to go to college, they can generally go to college, but they need excellent grades to go to famous universities. Generally speaking, the admission rate of universities is about 90%, while the admission rate of key universities is only 10%. For students who have not been admitted to an ideal university, they can go to school for one year before taking the college entrance examination.

2. The system of entering institutions of higher learning is different:

Like China, South Korea has a six-year primary school, three years in junior high school, three years in senior high school and four years in college. South Korean students' primary schools, junior high schools and senior high schools are all direct schools, and they generally enter the school nearby according to their place of residence. Only a few students choose schools according to their grades.

3. Different requirements for teachers:

According to Korean law, in-service teachers in schools are not allowed to tutor for free, nor are they allowed to teach in "colleges" (training courses) run by the society. This is a tradition that has been followed for many years. In-service teachers in Korea are well paid and their benefits are quite good. Generally, the monthly income of a principal in an ordinary middle school is about 5.5 million won, and in-service teachers do not need part-time jobs to increase their income.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Korean Education System

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