With ‘Suneung’ discounts, theme parks eye influx of high school seniors
The theme parks have begun their annual promotions aimed at test-takers looking to destress and celebrate their hard work. Everland, South Korea’s largest theme park, is…
Education
Lessons on coding and AI to start in fourth grade: Indonesia Education Minister
Elementary and Secondary Education Minister Abdul Mu'ti also said that the ministry is looking into the possibility of hiring new instructors to teach AI and coding or…
At least 70% of students across seven Singapore schools have autism
Minds and Rainbow Centre, which together serve about 1,900 individuals with special needs across the seven schools they run, said they have seen rising numbers of children…
Malaysia growing in popularity as destination for studying abroad; British-style education available at low cost
1,424 Japanese high school students who graduated in March 2022 went on to study at a foreign university. By country or region, Malaysia was the sixth most popular destination,…
South Korea’s annual college scholastic ability test retakes hit record amid med school expansion
While the proportion of graduates was 0.7 percentage points lower than the previous year due to a significant increase in the number of current students relative to graduates, the…
Suneung for all: Opportunity, redemption and the right to dream
The nation’s college scholastic ability test, held just once a year, is a nine-hour marathon that determines the universities students will be able to attend, and from there,…
Indonesian university investigates alleged plagiarism involving history lecturers
The investigation involves two books written by Gadjah Mada University lecturers on the history of the Madiun regency in East Java and Raden Rangga Prawiradirdja III.
Student backlash erupts as Dongduk Women’s University weighs coed future
The student council wrote in a statement, “We are wholly against the coeducational transition that contradicts the founding purpose of the university, which was established with…
As the national Suneung college admissions exam nears, ‘magic pills’ lure test takers
Oriental medicine doctors advise taking the herbal medicine one or two weeks before the exam. However, the Association of Korean Medicine warned that taking the medication when…
Free textbook distribution: Race against the clock for Bangladesh interim government
According to officials, the printing process just began recently, while the textbook revisions for all grades remain incomplete. In previous years, nearly 50 percent of the…