How successfully students of 6 Special High Schools and Meister High Schools get a job
Generally speaking, Asian countries have shown highest college entrance rate in the world. 3 major economies in Northeast Asia, South Korea, Japan and China have been in the front line of this 'college fever'. It is South Korea which boasts of the record-breaking entrance rate in the region. Believe it or not, more than 80% of high school graduates in South Korea was reported to directly advance to colleges back in 2005-2010.
Against this background, over the next 2 postings, I'd like to touch upon the intention why I decided to have my first book published. Titled 'Should go to a college?', this e-book has been acclaimed one of the early works on the issue in the South Korean society.
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My
book was born based upon these backgrounds. Since Bubsung High School, I have
pondered over how to engage myself in other cases of exemplary special high
schools and meister high schools. 5 other high schools were finally selected
and introduced to this e-book along with Bubsung High School. Foundation
principles and goals of these schools are all different. In addition, these 6
schools aren’t yet to be called best vocational schools in South Korea. However, there’s
no doubt these schools have enhanced unique education programs to bring up
young talented resources.
‘Bubsung High School(School Enterprise)’, ‘Seoul
Girls’ Commercial High School(Personality Education)’, ‘Suwon High School for
Agricultural Science(Customized Education)’ and ‘Induk Technical High School(Internationalization)’
are special high schools where the South Korean public should exemplify. Expectation
on the first graduates of two meister high schools in February of 2013, ‘Suwon
Hi-tech High School(Industrial-Educational Collaboration)’ and ‘Wonju Medical
Instruments High School(Differentiation)’ is high. These schools would be
especially important to those parents whose kids soon advance to high schools.
It
is a still long way to go. But from the bottom of my heart, I sincerely hope
stories of these schools will surely spread to all over the country. In doing
so, this book can serve a timely opportunity to have the society slept on the
significance of all-pervading academic cliquism-inflation and desirable models
of vocational education in South Korea.
