Although preschool education is not compulsory, its importance has been paid more and more attention in recent years. 1980, there were only 90 kindergartens in Korea, but by 2003, the number of kindergartens had increased to 8292. Since 1999, the Korean government has implemented a nationwide plan to subsidize the tuition fees for children from low-income families to enter kindergartens and increase the opportunities for poor children to receive preschool education, thus establishing a fairer educational environment. Since 2002, the program has been expanded to provide free education for 20% five-year-old children.

educational system

The education system in the Republic of Korea includes six-year primary school, three-year junior high school, three-year senior high school and four-year university. Universities also offer postgraduate courses and doctoral programs. In addition, there are 2 ~ 3 years of junior colleges and vocational colleges. Primary school is compulsory, and the enrollment rate is 100%. In 2002, junior high school education was compulsory for three years.

Teacher-student ratio in primary and junior high schools

1960, the ratio of students to teachers was 58.8: 1. By 2004, the ratio of students to teachers had dropped to 26. 1: 1. In 2002, the average number of primary school students in each class was 34.9, which will drop to 34.5 in 2003. Primary school teachers must complete four years of pedagogy in normal universities.

12 ~ 14 children, after graduating from primary school, enter junior high school to study the courses of grades 7 ~ 9. In 2004, the ratio of middle school students to teachers was 19.0: 1, while in 1970, it was 42.3: 1.

Introduction to senior high school

There are two kinds of high schools in Korea, ordinary high schools and vocational high schools. Vocational high schools cover agriculture, engineering, business and marine research. Applicants for vocational high schools can choose schools and pass the entrance examinations of each school. General courses usually account for 40 ~ 60% of vocational high school courses, and the rest are vocational courses. As of 2004, there were 729 vocational high schools in Korea with 565,438+04,550 students. Ordinary high schools include art, physical education, science and foreign language junior high schools. The purpose of these high schools is to enable students with special abilities in some aspects to get proper education.

The curriculum of ordinary high schools is mainly to prepare students for entering universities. By 2004, there were 1, 35 1 ordinary high schools in Korea with 1.23 million students. In 2004, 99.7% of junior high school graduates continued to study in senior high schools.

Korea 1997 revised the curriculum of primary and secondary schools. According to the revised curriculum, there are 1 0 general basic courses, individual learning projects and special activities in the curriculum from primary school 1 grade to high school1grade. In order to let students better discover their talents and provide them with more opportunities to choose their future careers, the revised curriculum has set up 10 new courses for students in the last two years of high school.

In 2000, the new curriculum began to be implemented in kindergartens. In 2000, the new curriculum was first used in grades 1 and 2, in grades 3 and 4 in 2006, and in grades 5 and 6 in 2002. Junior high school 1 grade and senior high school 1 grade began to use the new curriculum table in 5438+0 in 2006 and 2002 respectively.

Brief introduction of colleges and universities

There are several different types of higher education institutions in Korea: 4-year colleges and universities (compared with 6-year medical schools and dental schools), 4-year normal universities, 2-year vocational colleges, radio and correspondence universities, open universities, and 2-4-year schools equivalent to universities, such as nursing schools and theological seminaries. By 2004, there were 4 1 1 institutions of higher learning in Korea, with 3.56 million students and 640 19 teachers.

Korean universities have strict enrollment control. The entrance requirements of students are determined by the results of high school and national examination. In addition, starting from 1996, some colleges and universities have increased the entrance examination.

In 2004, the rate of ordinary high school graduates entering universities was 89.8%, and the rate of vocational high school graduates entering universities was 62.3%.

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