Growing Number of Young Children Studying Overseas

The number of Korean middle and high school students studying overseas is setting new record highs every year, and now it appears a growing number of elementary students are also heading abroad.……….."These days parents tend to think it would be better for children to learn English as early as possible and they're very active in sending their children to study abroad," an overseas study agency said………Meanwhile, the number of Korean students studying in foreign universities or higher education institutes has topped 200,000 for the first time. This year 217,959 Koreans went abroad to study at overseas universities, graduate schools or language institutes for adults, up from 190,364 in 2006. As of April 1, 2007, there were 59,022 Korean college or higher institute students in the U.S., 42,269 in China and 19,056 in Japan. [View Full Article]