Posts tagged 'Education'.
In 2026, the number of multicultural students in Korean K-12 schools exceeded 200,000 for the first time β 4% of all students. International university enrollment also hit a record high of 253,000. The numbers have shifted. Has education kept up?
New international student enrollment at U.S. universities fell 17% in fall 2025 β the largest non-pandemic drop in 11 years. As Trump administration visa restrictions push prospective students away, Germany, France, and South Korea are moving to fill the gap.
Seoul's education chief has proposed a concrete roadmap to abolish the Suneung by 2040 and overhaul South Korea's entire university admissions framework β including AI-assisted grading, expanded essay assessment, and a shift from relative to absolute scoring.
The OECD's 2026 Digital Education Outlook found that generative AI raises task completion success rates by 48%, yet students who relied on AI scored 17% lower when tested without it. The separation of performance and learning is the central challenge facing education in the AI era.
As of 2024, 273 million children, adolescents, and youth worldwide are not in school. The 2026 UNESCO GEM Report warns of a reversal in education access and introduces new policy benchmarks to close the gap.