Low-rated teacher education institutions to reduce student enrollment quota
Feb 23, 2021, 08:41 am
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AsiaToday reporters Joo Sung-sik
The teachers training institutions of Pukyong National University, Changwon University, and Hansung University, which received the lowest rate in the government’s latest competency evaluations, will be abolished starting next year. In addition, the student enrollment quota of teacher education institutions of 32 universities, including Kangwon University (Samcheok Campus), Catholic Kwangdong University, and Hanyang University (ERICA Campus) will be abolished by 50 percent, and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies by 30 percent.
The Ministry of Education and the Korea Educational Development Institute (KEDI) announced the results of the ‘2020 Competency Diagnosis of Teacher Training Institutions’ on Monday.