Number of Young Students Going Abroad Declines Slightly
A very informative article appeared in this morning’s Korea Times. It notes that the number of young students going abroad for study has been dropping since 2006. According to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the number of elementary, middle and high school students going abroad to study declined from 29,511 in 2006, to 27,668 in 2007 and 27,349 in 2008.
To provide some historical perspective, in 1998 the number of young students studying abroad was only 1,562. This number began steadily increasing until it reached a peak in 2006, as shown in the accompanying graphic.
As of 2008, elementary students took up the largest share with 12, 531 going abroad, compared with 8,888 middle school and 5,930 high school students respectively.