Seoul education office opens counseling center for ninth graders on admissions
In short
Seoul's education office is running an intensive counseling center for third-year middle school students and their parents, offering advice on high school choice and the 2028 college admissions overhaul. The 350 video sessions run Oct 26 to Nov 1, with online applications opening at 9 a.m. on Oct 6 on a first-come, first-served basis. Superintendent Jung Keun-sik said the office will expand public-education-centered career and admission services so families can plan without private tutoring costs.
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The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education's Education Research and Information Institute has established and is operating an intensive counseling center for third-year middle school students and their parents, according to Yonhap. The center offers tailored counseling on high school admission, the 2028 college admissions overhaul and the high school credit system. In its headline, Newsis described the service as one-on-one career and admission counseling for Seoul ninth graders intended to ease anxiety over the admissions overhaul. [ 1 , 2 ]
Counseling will be held from Oct 26 to Nov 1, seven days in total, by remote video, with 350 sessions, Yonhap reported. Teachers belonging to the Seoul career, admission and academic planning support team will advise students on choosing a high school in line with their aptitudes and career intentions, on selecting subjects under the high school credit system, and on managing school records in connection with college admission. [ 2 ]
Applications open online at 9 a.m. on Oct 6 on a first-come, first-served basis, and any third-year middle school student or parent in Seoul may take part, according to Yonhap. [ 2 ]
Seoul Superintendent of Education Jung Keun-sik said the office would expand public-education-centered, tailored career and admission services so that students and parents can prepare their admission plans systematically without the burden of private tutoring costs, Yonhap reported. [ 2 ]
The reports do not say whether the center will keep operating after the video sessions end on Nov 1, and no figures were given for how many students or families the office expects to reach. [ 1 , 2 ]
Why it matters
The program is aimed at families facing the 2028 admissions overhaul and the high school credit system, and the education office presents it as a way to prepare admission plans without private tutoring costs. It is a Seoul city measure rather than a national policy change, and the documents give no budget, enrolment target or duration beyond the announced week of sessions.
Key facts
- The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education's Education Research and Information Institute has newly established and is operating an intensive counseling center for third-year middle school students and parents. [ 2 ]
- Counseling covers high school admission under the 2028 college admissions overhaul and the high school credit system. [ 2 ]
- Sessions will be held from Oct 26 to Nov 1, seven days in total, by remote video, with 350 sessions. [ 2 ]
- Teachers from the Seoul career, admission and academic planning support team will advise on high school choice, credit-system subject selection and school record management linked to college admission. [ 2 ]
- Applications open online at 9 a.m. on Oct 6 on a first-come, first-served basis, and any third-year middle school student or parent in Seoul may apply. [ 2 ]
- Newsis described the service in its headline as one-on-one career and admission counseling intended to ease anxiety over the admissions overhaul. [ 1 ]
Confirmed by several sources
- Seoul's education authorities will provide counseling for third-year middle school students and their parents on high school and college admission. [ 1 , 2 ]
- The center is operated by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education's Education Research and Information Institute. [ 2 ]
- The video counseling runs from Oct 26 to Nov 1 over seven days, with 350 sessions. [ 2 ]
- Applications open at 9 a.m. on Oct 6 online and are first come, first served for Seoul students and parents. [ 2 ]
Still unclear
- Whether the sessions are one-to-one. Only the Newsis headline says one-on-one; Yonhap describes the counseling as tailored without specifying the format, so the exact format is a single-source claim.
- Whether the center will continue after Nov 1 or reach beyond the announced 350 sessions. The documents state the seven-day session period but say nothing about what happens afterwards or about longer-term operation.
- Why one document's article body does not concern this event. The Newsis document carries the counseling headline but its article text is about an unrelated story, so only its headline was used.
What local media are saying
Timeline, local time
- The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education announces the counseling center for third-year middle school students and parents; Newsis and Yonhap publish their reports. [ 1 , 2 ]
- Online applications open on a first-come, first-served basis for the counseling sessions scheduled for Oct 26 to Nov 1. [ 2 ]