Fall classes will be normal despite high Covid numbers

The announcement from education authorities Thursday came as 107,894 people tested positive for the coronavirus Wednesday, the fourth consecutive day that the number was in the six digits.

2022-08-04

Students decry cumbersome online-offline class mix-match

Some professors have chosen to stick to their traditional in-person formats while others have chosen to switch to online, leaving many students confused and irritated with the mix-match

2022-03-16

Schools are low risk for Covid, says research paper

Weeks before Korea’s school year begins, the KDCA chief suggested in a research paper that classrooms should provide in-person learning, stressing that keeping kids at home was “costly at both the individual and societal levels.”

2021-01-21

[NEWS IN FOCUS] Telecom companies get serious about education

Telecom operators are making a foray into online education amid growing demand for digital learning as people seek to avoid face-to-face contact during the coronavirus pandemic.

2020-09-10

U.S. says foreign students can't study online only

Foreign students in the United States could be forced to leave the country or transfer to another college if their schools only offer online classes this fall, according to new guidelines released by U.S. federal immigration authorities Monday.

2020-07-07

Ministry cutting red tape for online college courses

Korean universities will be freed from a web of online learning regulations as they adapt to the post-Covid-19 age, local education authorities said. The changes include eliminating a cap on the share of courses that universities can hold online.

2020-07-05

First spread of virus in a school is suspected

Korean health authorities Wednesday said they detected what appears to be coronavirus transmission among students in a school, nearly a month after classrooms reopened.

2020-07-01

Ministry doesn't plan to give students money

The Ministry of Education Thursday flatly denied any possibility that the government will offer a universal cash payment to college students, underscoring that the tuition issue was up to universities and their students to resolve.

2020-06-18

Demands for college tuition refunds get ministry’s ear

The Ministry of Education said Tuesday it would look into growing calls from angry university students demanding tuition refunds, hinting at a possible intervention in a monthslong conflict that has plagued college campuses across the nation.

2020-06-16

korea joongAng daily