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Development of Primary and Secondary Education in the Republic of Korea

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The miracles of education in the Republic of Korea for the past 70 years after the national liberation can be regarded as a remarkable achievement that is unprecedented all over the world. Over the past 70 years since the liberation, the Republic of Korea has made efforts to expand primary and secondary education for its people. In the process of expanding primary and secondary education since the establishment of the Republic of Korea, Korea has experienced various challenges and conflicts, accomplishments and tasks in educational development and educational policy implementation. The primary and secondary education in this state formation period laid the foundation for Korea’s education, which later paved the way for rapid development of primary and secondary education in the age of industrialization and informatization. Since the liberation, successive governments have pursued education reform policies for the expansion of various forms of primary and secondary education and qualitative enhancement of education. Changes in the Republic of Korea’s early childhood, elementary, and middle school education since the liberation are the results of the nation’s education revolution and remarkable achievements. However, there are still lots of educational challenges that need to be addressed to prepare for the future society

This chapter is written based on Yang Jung-Ho (2004, 2006a, 2006b, 2013), Seo Jung-Hwa et al. (2014), and Park Dong-Joon (1998, 2005).

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    Don-Hee Lee, Sam-Geun Kwak, Jae-Woong Kim, Dong-Joon Park, Jung-Ho Yang & Myung-Hee Lee

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Lee, DH., Kwak, SG., Kim, JW., Park, DJ., Yang, JH., Lee, MH. (2022). Development of Primary and Secondary Education in the Republic of Korea. In: Education in South Korea. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5229-5_3

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