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This is news that parents who are raising children have already felt, but I think it would be different if we saw it in numbers. This year, the number of elementary school students in Seoul fell to the 50,000 level for the first time in history. Meanwhile, a concentration of students entering schools appeared in the so-called Gangnam 3 districts, showing a difference of up to 10 times compared to schools outside the Gangnam area.
Reporter Park Jae-hoon covered the story.
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It’s amazing to see this classroom for the first time in my life.
“Congratulations on your admission!”
There are many things I want to do when I become an elementary school student.
Woojun Song / Seocho-gu, Seoul
“I think after school will be so much fun. I want to play badminton, soccer, and robots.”
The feelings of children who are about to enter school in March are similar at any school.
However, the number of friends you will meet varies greatly.
Wonmyeong Elementary School in Seocho-gu, Seoul had 176 students enrolled last year.
This is A Elementary School in Gangseo-gu, Seoul.
Last year, the number of enrolled students was 16. As you can see, it is less than 1/10th of Wonmyeong Elementary School.
In fact, the average number of students scheduled to enroll in each elementary school this year was 146 in Seocho-gu, ranking first among autonomous districts in Seoul.
Gangnam-gu and Songpa-gu also showed 114 and 122 people, respectively, exceeding the Seoul city average of 104.
Although the number of elementary school students in Seoul fell to the 50,000 level for the first time this year, enthusiasm for enrolling children in schools in the Gangnam area has heated up.
Jaeam Park / Parent, Seocho-gu, Seoul
“I am very satisfied with the facilities and educational conditions.”
There are concerns that this concentration may accelerate the closure of schools in non-Gangnam areas.
This is Park Jae-hoon from TV Chosun.
2024-01-04 19:21:34
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