Korean Students and Private Tutoring(77%)
Feb 29th, 2008 | By andy | Category: MISCAccording to this article, about 77% of Korean students get private tutoring. Has anyone received any kind of tutoring while going to school? Do you think it helped at all?
The survey showed that three out of four students, or 77 percent, are getting some form of private education, such as cram schools, private tutoring, or online classes, dedicating an average of 7.8 hours each week. When excluding students not getting any form of private education, those who did were spending 288,000 won on average.
It estimated private education cost 20 trillion won last year, which is close to 1/10th of the country’s budget.
More than half of the students were depending on private education for mathematics and English. Cram schools were the most popular form of private education, with 47.2 percent of students attending, followed by worksheet programs sent home and private tutoring.
The survey showed that rich, highly educated parents spend more on private education. While only half of parents who only finished middle school provided some form of private education for their children, around 90 percent of parents with college diplomas did. The richest households, with over 7 million won in monthly income, spent 468,000 won on average, while those making below 1 million won spent only 53,000 won a month.
Who wouldn’t grab that chance of engaging in private tutorials.. but some students can’t afford it..you don’t have to spend much for it.. IMHO..being a private tutor before..parents could do what I’ve done as well..it’s just a matter of spending even few hours to our children..and providing them not necessarily expensive but good books..
I agree with the sollee. The only Koreans I know are ones who had private tutors, but all of them seem to have learned more teaching themselves than with the tutor.
First time all of us got to look on themselfs and then talking about koreans, sometimes our people doesnt understand this.
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