| DEELSA |
Directorate for Education, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs |
| KEDI |
Korean Educational Development Institute |
| KERIS | Korea Education & Research Information Service |
| KICE |
Korea Institute of Curriculum and Evaluation |
| KISE | Korea Institute for Special Education |
| MOE |
Ministry of Education - became the Minstry of Education & Human Resources Development in January 2001. |
| NFER |
National Foundation for Educational Research (in England and Wales) |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| QCA |
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (in England) |
| SCAA |
School Curriculum and Assessment Authority (now QCA) |
| Elementary school (plural, elementary schools) | Provides compulsory, state-funded education for 6- to 12-year-old students. |
| High school (plural, high schools) | 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 high school (plural, junior high schools) | 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 (plural, middle schools) | See entry for junior high school. |
| Special school (plural, special schools) | 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. |