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Elementary schools ( Korean: 초등학교, 初等學校, chodeung hakgyo) consists of grades one to six (age 8 to age 13 in Korean years —7 to 12 in western years). The South Korean government changed its name to the current form from Citizens' school ( Korean: 국민학교, 國民學校 . In elementary school, students learn the following ...
The global literacy rate for all males is 90.0%, and the rate for all females is 82.7%. The rate varies throughout the world, with developed nations having a rate of 99.2% (2013), South and West Asia having 70.2% (2015), and sub-Saharan Africa at 64.0% (2015). [1] Over 75% of the world's 781 million illiterate adults are found in South Asia ...
Education spending of countries and subnational areas by % of GDP Location % of GDP Year Source Marshall Islands: 15.8 2019 Cuba: 11.5 2020 Micronesia: 10.5 2020 Kiribati: 15.6 2021 Somaliland: 9.6 2021 Djibouti: 8.4 2012 Namibia: 8.4 2012 Norway: 8.0 2016 Botswana: 7.8 2012 Sweden: 7.7 2016 Denmark: 7.6 2014
Korea is a country where three of the world's major religions, Christianity, Buddhism, and Confucianism peacefully coexist. According to 2015 statistics, 43.1% of Korean population has a religion and 2008 statistics show that over 510 religious organizations were in the South Korea population. Irreligious: 60%; Christianity: 23%; Buddhism: 16%
The practice of Christianity in Korea is marginal in North Korea, but significant in South Korea, where it revolves around Protestantism and Catholicism, accounting for 8.6 million [1] [2] and 5.8 million [3] members, respectively. The initial variety of Christianity in the peninsula, Nestorianism, spread to Korea in the Middle Ages by way of ...
The Ministry of Education ( MOE; Korean : 교육부; Hanja : 敎育部; RR : Gyoyukbu; MR : Kyoyukpu) is a cabinet-level division of the government of South Korea. It was created on March 23, 2013. It should not be confused with seventeen regional Offices of Education whose heads, Superintendents, are directly elected in local elections.
The College Scholastic Ability Test or CSAT ( Korean: 대학수학능력시험, Hanja: 大學修學能力試驗 ), also abbreviated Suneung ( Korean: 수능, Hanja: 修能 ), is a standardized test which is recognized by South Korean universities. The Korea Institute of Curriculum and Evaluation (KICE) administers the annual test on the third ...
Education in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Education in North Korea is universal and state-funded schooling by the government. As of 2021, UNESCO Institute for Statistics does not report any data for North Korea's literacy rates. Some children go through one year of kindergarten, four years of primary education, six years of ...