12.13.2012
published December 12, 2012
by Oh Kyu-wook
Korean Herald
This article is about number of private learning institution in Seoul. In Korea, people call the private learning institution as "hagwon". Numbers of those hagwons are decreasing, because of long term economic slow down. Also, government's policy that encourages people to learn at school instead of hagwon, by after school programs. Many hagwons, mostly in Gangnam district, has declined from 13,352 to 13,208 in a year. Observer says the decreasing hagwans shows the increasing burden on households from private educations, and Korea's declining birth rate.
There are many people who like and dislike hagwons. I think their reason to like them is because they can know more about what they are studying, and get a good grade on the exams because hagwons manage children to study. But I think people dislike it is because it is sometimes too expensive, and children might, actually is, feel bored during class time. I'm in kind of middle side, because if hagwons do their studies right after students learn in school, the children may not be bored during class time. By reading this article, I understood better about district.
