That is changing so it will be interesting to see if the intense interest in hagwons does as well. (stfrancisx.com)
Yes, I know, there are other factors that contribute to their better score on the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)-- longer school days, advanced science and math starting earlier in elementary school rather than high school, extra tutoring in Korean hagwons, less to learn with a more focused curriculum, no non-essential learning activities such as sports, home ec or computer applications courses. (edutopia.org)
Students do spend long hours in self - study after school, which helps undoubtedly, but for many, they tend to excel because their parents spend huge sums to send them to hagwons after the self - studying, in which students do their «real» learning, teachers, parents, and school leaders told me again and again. (educationnext.org)