South Korea has led to rivalry in extreme classrooms: 84% of children attend private courses to be even more competitive

South Korea has led to rivalry in extreme classrooms: 84% of children attend private courses to be even more competitive


With expenditure for private education at record levels, there are families who dedicate more money than with food and accommodation




If you travel to South Korea and take a walk through Seoul or Daejeon, it is likely that something draws your attention: the number of posters of Hagwonprivate academies attended by children to learn English, mathematics or reach the maximum vote in SuneungThe examination that defines access to the best universities in the country. By 2020, there were over 73,000 of these academies. This number hides a crucial challenge for Korea, a nation immersed in an alarming demographic decline and where to educate children has become an inaccessible luxury.

There are studies that already indicate South Korea such as the more expensive nation in the world To grow a child. Curiously (or not), it is also the country with the lower birth rate.

A demographic paradox

In the rankings on birth and children, South Korea stands out in two fields that do not correspond. With one fertility rate 0.72 children per woman, the Asian Republic is among the latest placed at birth and faces a situation that the authorities already classify as a “national emergency”, in no uncertain terms. Its very low birth rate represents such a serious problem that affects the economy, society and even national defense.

Demographic irony: South Korea is also one of the nations to grow a child comes out more. This is what last year showed a study by the Yuwa Institute. According to the information published by the South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbogrowing a child up to 18 in the country has a cost equivalent to 7.79 times the …

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