Korea’s 3-hour cap puts all-day English kindergartens under pressure

South Korea will ban what it calls cognitive learning for children under age 3 and limit such instruction for older preschoolers in a sweeping move expected to hit English-language kindergartens, the Education Ministry said Wednesday. The measures, part of a broader plan to curb excessive private education for toddlers, are expected to take effect as early as the second half of next year, pending revisions to the law governing private academies. Under the proposal, instructor-led “cognitive lear

By The Korea Herald