621 Gyodae Students and 46 Elementary Course Students Dropped Out Midway
Approximately 35% Increase Compared to 496 Last Year
According to data, 667 students pursuing a career as elementary school teachers at education universities and university elementary education departments gave up their dreams of becoming teachers and left school last year.
On the 2nd, Yonhap News cited an analysis of public data from Jongno Academy's University Alimi, reporting that 667 students dropped out mid-course last year from 10 national education universities and 3 elementary education departments nationwide. Reasons for mid-course dropout include withdrawal, non-registration, failure to re-enroll, and academic warnings, with withdrawal accounting for the majority.
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The number of mid-course dropouts increased by 34.5% compared to the previous year (496 students). Last year, 621 students dropped out from the 10 national education universities, and 46 students dropped out from the 3 elementary education departments. In the metropolitan area education universities, 96 students dropped out from Seoul National University of Education, and 102 students from Gyeongin National University of Education, totaling 198 dropouts. The dropout increase rate compared to the previous year was 15.7% for Seoul National University of Education and 43.7% for Gyeongin National University of Education.
In the eight regional education universities, 423 students dropped out mid-course. Among them, Busan National University of Education had the highest number of dropouts with 67 students, followed by Gongju National University of Education, Cheongju National University of Education, Jeonju National University of Education (each with 57 students), Daegu National University of Education (55 students), Chuncheon National University of Education (48 students), Gwangju National University of Education (47 students), and Jinju National University of Education (35 students).
Among the regional universities, except for Chuncheon National University of Education, the other seven universities saw an increase in mid-course dropouts compared to the previous year. The dropout increase rate for Busan National University of Education reached 71.8% compared to the previous year, followed by Jinju National University of Education (40.0%), Gongju National University of Education (32.6%), Jeonju National University of Education (32.6%), Daegu National University of Education (31.0%), and Gwangju National University of Education (30.6%), all exceeding 30%. Even Cheongju National University of Education, which had the smallest increase rate, was just under 30% at 29.5%.
Looking at the three university elementary education departments, 30 students dropped out from Korea National University of Education, 14 from Jeju National University, and 2 from Ewha Womans University. Notably, the dropout increase rate at Korea National University of Education reached 275%, and Jeju National University saw a 55.6% increase.
Last year, the number of mid-course dropouts corresponded to 23.6% of the 2025 freshman admission quota at the two metropolitan education universities, 18.3% at the regional education universities, and 19.4% at the three elementary education departments. Jongno Academy predicted that due to recent declines in teacher profession preference among examinees caused by infringements on teacher authority, education universities and elementary education departments will continue to face difficulties in recruitment for the 2025 college entrance exams to be held this year.
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