Education: Society: News: Hankyoreh



[ad_1]

Democratic Party Congressman Lee Tan-hee, I checked the Seoul Metropolitan Bureau of Education …
Concerns about the gap between private and non-public high-enrollment schools

High tuition rates amounting to 13 million won per year, including tuition and extracurricular fees, are noted as a precedent for private elementary schools to run school classes like this one, even when they breached quarantine guidelines. . As of 2019, the average tuition fee for all private elementary schools is 12.95 million won and 510,000 won for national and public elementary schools. According to data received by Assemblyman Lee Tan-hee from the Seoul Metropolitan Bureau of Education, the annual per capita enrollment of 38 private elementary schools in Seoul in 2020 amounted to 7 million won. Private elementary schools are much more active in extracurricular activities. In 2019, the average number of extracurricular courses in national and public elementary schools was 54, but 89 private elementary schools. The student participation rate was 61% for national and public schools, while 82% for private elementary schools. Representative Lee Tan-hee said, “In the school scene in the era of Corona 19, income inequality leads to inequality in care and education. He pointed out that to close the gap, active support for the care and extracurricular programs of national and public primary students is necessary. By Choi Won-hyung, Staff Reporter [email protected]



[ad_2]