Entering the politics of Korean Education
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Education in Korea needs a Boost
The Ministry of Education always seems to be the target of both
critical comments and promises to change. When educational
consultants really look at the Korean education system it seems like
a long ( 6 years of elementary, 3 years of middleschool, 3 years of
high school and 4 years of university) process of lectures and memory
work designed to cost less, fill time, control students and make life
bearable for the teachers who have to cope with 60 students in a
class rather than 20.
The Korean Ministry of Education needs more money, the students need
more interactive instruction and the teachers need more realistic
workloads.
The most reluctant taxpayers in the world seem to be the Koreans.
Most Koreans do not understand that cheating on the taxes reduces the
governments ability to produce quality services such as education.
The excuse that government wastes money is not a justification.
There has to be another system in place to raise money and eliminate
criminal activities.
The Ministry of Education needs to raise money through education
licenses to improve the public schools, buy more books, computers,
hire more teachers, install more modern instruction programs and
offer additional teacher training programs for upgrading skills and
knowledge.
All private schools should have to pay an annual license fee to the
Ministry of Education. Every teacher should have to pay an annual
license fee to the Ministry of education. All licensed teachers
should be able to teach in schools or at businesses or at private
residences and be able to be self-employed. Teachers should be able
to issue a tax-deductable receipt for the instruction. When all the
Korean students demand their teachers be licensed and demand their
tax-deductable receipt then many of the illegal practices will be
eliminated.
The teaching fees should also be graded based on education,
qualifications and experience. For example teachers with a BA get
30,000, an MA get 40,000 and PHD get 50,000 won per hour.
Using this system of licenses and fees would lower the cost of
private education for parents and students. This system would inject
much needed revenue into the Ministry of Education to improve the
public education system. This system would eliminate many illegal
teachers and criminal hogwans. Korea would be a much better place for
parents, students and teachers.
My consulting fee for this system would be very reasonable and I
would issue a receipt.
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