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Korea : Keywords

Last updated: 22-Sep-2008

Abbreviations and acronyms

Glossary

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Abbreviations and acronyms

CSAT	College Scholastic Ability Test
DEELSA	Directorate for Education, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs
DMZ	Demilitarised zone
EBS	Educational broadcasting system
ILO	International Labour Organisation
ITT	Initial teacher training
KAIST	Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology
KEDI	Korean Educational Development Institute (replaced in many of its roles by KICE).
KERIS	Korea Education and Research Information Service
KFTA	Korean Federation of Teachers Association
KICE	Korea Institute of Curriculum and Evaluation
LOE	Local Office of Education
LOEs	Local Offices of Education
MEST	Ministry of Education, Science and Technology - has replaced MOEHRD
MOE	Former Ministry of Education - became the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development in January 2001
MOEHRD	Former Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development - now MEST
MPBE	Municipal and Provincial Board of Education
MPEA	Municipal and Provincial Education Authority
MPEAs	Municipal and Provincial Education Authorities
MPOE	Municipal and Provincial Office of Education
MPOEs	Municipal and Provincial Offices of Education
NAEA	National assessment of educational achievement
NBEE	National Board of Educational Evaluation (abolished in 1997; its work has been taken over by KICE)
NIEE	National Institute of Educational Evaluation, became the NBEE, the National Board of Educational Evaluation
OECD	Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
PE	Physical education
PCER	Presidential Commission on Education Reform
SATs	Scholastic achievement tests
UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
US	United States

 

Glossary

Associate teacher	Associate teacher status is conferred on those who have not attended teacher training institutions and who are employed on a temporary basis
Elementary school(s)	Provides compulsory, state-funded education for 6- to 12-year-old students.
High school(s)	Provides post-compulsory upper secondary education for students aged 15-18. High schools are classified into academic, vocational and other high schools - art and athletic, foreign language and science schools. (Students select the course they wish to follow.)
Junior college(s)	Offers post high school technical and vocational courses, producing middle-level technicians.  Kindergarten/pre-school teachers generally train in junior college.
Junior high school(s)	Provides three-year lower secondary education for students aged 12-15, also known as middle school. Junior high school education is compulsory and free (state-funded) in some areas of the Republic of Korea only.
Middle school(s)	See entry for junior high school.
Practicum(s)	Teaching practice in schools.
Special school(s)	Provides for students with severe special educational needs. (Only about a half of the country's children with severe special needs are enrolled in special schools; others are enrolled in special classes in normal schools; and the remainder receive integrated education in normal school classes.)
unified education	The principle of educating students with special educational needs in mainstream schools.

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