SOUTH KOREA WILL CUT UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, BUT BOOST CREATIVE THINKING
February 1st, 2014
South Korea’s plans to drastically cut the number of university places in the country over the next decade, because of declining population rates, has caused unease and disquiet within the country’s higher education. The South Korean minister of education Seo Nam-soo has said the government plans to cut 160,000 university places by 2023. The education ministry says there are 772,000 undergraduates in South Korea at present.“Over the next 10 years, the population of high school graduates and university applicants is expected to drop sharply, reducing the ...
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