And
because politicians are under strong political pressure from
hagwons because the private - tutoring industry plays an active role in political donations and elections, there are vested interests in protecting the
hagwons.
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.