can’t estimate the level of high schools only from the ratio of students who go on to a university according to the Analysis from Korean educational develoment institute,
A recent analysis said that the ratio of students who go on to a university is largely depending on each student’s home background in the middle of the enforcement “학교 정보 공시제”, which requires every high school in Korea to open the information about the ratio of students who go on to a university to the public.
This means that it is hard to estimate each high school’s ability to teach only from the ratio of students who go on to a university. So some say that there should be a supplement for “정보 공시”
According to the report ‘ The difference of the ratio of students who go on to a university between high schools and its meaning(by Korean educational development Institute on Oct. 3rd) which analyzed the ratio of students who go on to a university of 189 high schools and 9,300 students in whole country , there was a huge difference of the ratio according to each student’s home background.
The average ratio of students who go on to a university of the surveyed students was
A four-year : 13.3% , top ( in Seoul, a medical college, a dental college in Korea) : 4.5%
However, When each student’s home background(Income, occupation of parents, Education) is divided into the upper, middle, low ,
The ratio of students who go on to a university of students whose home background are the upper is above the average( A four-year: 31.4%, Top : 12.4%)
On the other hand, the ratio of students who go on to a university of students whose home background are the low is
A four-year: 2.0%, Top : 0.2%
According to the difference between home backgrounds, the maximum gap between the ratio of students who go on to a university is 30%.
That's an interesting report, yet not very surprising. Regardless of how many times people say that the Korean university entrance exam gives people an equal chance at attending the top schools, the numbers tell a different story. The fact is that in addition to the developmental benefits that money provides, both prenatally and in early childhood (i.e., nutrition, medical care, interaction, etc), money also provides for better educational experiences (formal and informal).
ReplyDeleteIs there anything that can be done to equalize these numbers? Should there be anything done, or is this just the way it is?
"largely depending on each student’s home background in the middle of the enforcement" - I don't really understand this, especially "in the middle of the enforcement."