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| A hydration school in Songpa-gu, Seoul. / News1 DB © News1 Reporter Seungbae Lee |
Private education expenditures fell for the first time last year in the wake of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), but the ‘polarization’ of parental income remained. The higher the parental income, the higher the private education rate, and at most there is a gap of more than 5 times.
According to the results of the 2020 Primary, Middle, and Secondary School Private Education Expenditure Survey released by the Korean Ministry of Education and Statistics on the 9th, the average monthly cost of private education per student for households with a monthly income of 8 million won or more last year was 504,000 won, 6.4% less than the previous year (539,000 won).
On the other hand, for households with a monthly income of less than 2 million won, the average monthly cost of private education per student was 99,000 won, which was less than 100,000 won. This is a 5.2% decrease from the previous year’s 104,000 won, and the gap to households with monthly incomes of 8 million won or more is 5.1 times.
The difference in the amount was 405,000 won, which was slightly reduced from the previous year (435,000 won), but the gap in private education expenses was still large depending on the income level of the parents.
Regarding the participation rate in private education, 8 out of 10 households with a monthly income of 8 million won or more (80.1%) received private education, but less than half of the households with less than 2 million won (40.2%) received private education. The gap between the two was 40.2% p, greater than the previous year, which was 38.3% p.
For households with less than 2 million to 3 million won per month, private education expenses per person are 152,000 won (-10.8% compared to the previous year), 196,000 won (-16.9%) for Households 3 million to 4 million won, and Households 4 million to 5 million won. 257,000 won (-14.9%), households 5 million to 6 million won 310,000 won (-13%), 6 million to 7 million won 357,000 won (-11.8%), 7 million to 8 million households earned 42 Private education expenditures also increased as revenues increased to 15,000 won (-9.1%).
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| Average monthly expenses in private education and participation rate per person by level of household income. (Provided by Statistics Korea) © News1 |
The regional gaps were still there. In the case of Seoul, the average monthly spending per person was 433,000 won, while the eup-myeon area was only 184,000 won. It was 279,000 won for metropolitan cities and 282,000 won for small and medium-sized cities. Seoul and Sejong had the highest participation rates in private education with 74.6% and 72.2%, respectively.
The region with the lowest spending on private education among metropolitan cities was Jeonnam (187,000 won), 2.3 times that of Seoul. This is a slightly smaller gap than 2.5 times the previous year.
In the case of Daegu and Gyeongbuk, the average monthly spending on private education per capita decreased by 16.3% to 231,000 won, which was the highest in the country. The impact of a large number of confirmed corona 19 patients last year is interpreted to be large.
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