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- UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION
- Upper secondary education is also known
as high school. The
programme is three years in length and has two streams: academic and
vocational. Upper
secondary education is not compulsory and tuition fees are charged.
- Academic senior high schools are referred
to officially as general senior high schools.
In order to attend, students must complete an entrance
examination set nationally. Some
more prestigious institutions may require an additional examination or
have a higher threshold of required scores for admission.
Students carry a heavy study load while in school, which
culminates in difficult university entrance examinations.
Students who successfully complete the general senior
programme are awarded the Immumgye Kodung Hakkyo
Choeupchang (Academic High School Certificate). Those who wish
to apply for university admission must sit for the Academic Aptitude
Test.
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- In addition to general senior high
schools, there are Special Purpose Senior High Schools in arts, foreign
languages, science, or physical education. These schools are intended
for gifted students whose academic results generally fall within the top
3% nationally.
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- In order to attend a Vocational Senior
High School, students must complete an entrance examination.
Students who are successful in the examination may decide which
school they would like to attend, based on their results. There are four types of vocational secondary programmes:
agricultural, technical, commercial, and fishery. A compulsory practical
training component of six months duration is part of each vocational
programme offered. Students
who successfully complete vocational secondary school are awarded the Silopgye
Kodung Hakkyo Choeupchung (Vocational Senior High School
Certificate).
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- AGE OF ADMISSION
- Age 15
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- LENGTH
- Three years
- PROGRAMME OF STUDY
- The following table shows the compulsory
subjects which must be taken by each secondary student.
At the end of grade 10 (the first year of senior high school),
students choose to concentrate on either humanities or natural sciences,
although all students must complete some mathematics and science
subjects. As the curriculum
has been reformed several times in the last decade, it is not possible
to provide the number of hours of study for each subject. However, in
order to receive the Academic Senior Secondary Certificate each student
must complete 240 units of study (approximately 80 units per year). A
careful review of the students’ secondary school transcript will
provide the information necessary to make a placement decision.
National
Curriculum for Upper Secondary School:
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Compulsory
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Korean language
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Korean History
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Social Studies
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Mathematics
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Science
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English
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Second Foreign
Language
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Physical
Education
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Music
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Fine Arts
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Classical
Chinese
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Vocational
Studies (boys)
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Home Economics
(girls)
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