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Education costs, scholarships and government support. Eligibility rules and the steps that are easiest to miss.

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Supporting Your Child

If a Child Under 13 Rides an Electric Kick Scooter, the Guardian Is Fined KRW 100,000: Ages 13 to 15 Cannot Get a Licence, So They Are Unlicensed the Moment They Ride, and From 16 a Motorised Bicycle Licence Is Still Required

An electric kick scooter is a personal mobility device under the Road Traffic Ac…

Lim Su-bin·2026-10-20 Supporting Your Child

School Cameras Are Now Mandatory at Set Places Since September 11 — Entrances, Corridors and Stairs Are Required, Classrooms Are Excluded, and the School Steering Committee Can Exempt Some Places

2026년 9월 11일 시행된 초·중등교육법 제30조의8과 시행령 제57조의2 기준으로 학교 영상정보처리기기 필수 설치 장소 일곱 곳, 교실 제…

Lim Su-bin·2026-10-17 Education Costs

The Field Trip and Graduation Album Fees Schools Collect Must Go Through the School Steering Committee — Settle Within 10 Days of the Project's End and Get Leftovers Back

현장체험학습비·졸업앨범비 같은 수익자부담경비는 학교운영위원회 심의를 거쳐 걷고, 사업 종료 10일 안에 정산해 남은 돈을 돌려주며, 정산 후 1…

Lim Su-bin·2026-10-16 Supporting Your Child

If an Offending Student Takes Special Education, the Guardian Must Attend Too: A Fine of Up to 3,000,000 Won for Not Complying

Article 17(13) of the School Violence Prevention Act requires guardians to take …

Lim Su-bin·2026-10-12 Government Support

A Parent Cannot Sign a Minor's Part-Time Job Contract: Consent Forms, the 35-Hour Week and the 10 p.m. Limit

Under Korean law a parent cannot conclude a work contract for a minor under 18; …

Lim Su-bin·2026-10-08 Government Support

The Grade 3 After-School Voucher of 500,000 Won a Year Is Not Cash -- 250,000 Won per Semester, In-School Tuition Only, and the School Manages the Balance

The Grade 3 after-school voucher pays tuition on your behalf. Per-semester amoun…

Lim Su-bin·2026-10-04 Supporting Your Child

Households on the Education Benefit Can Also Get the Energy Voucher -- The Income Test Is Met; Check the '2 Children Under 19' Rule Next

The 2026 Energy Voucher counts Education Benefit households as meeting the incom…

Lim Su-bin·2026-10-02 Supporting Your Child

Victims of School Violence Don't Have to Wait for the Other Student's Measure -- Separation, a 7-Day Deadline, Attendance Credit and Treatment Costs Paid First

Under Article 16 of the School Violence Act and Article 18 of its Decree: the ty…

Lim Su-bin·2026-10-01 Supporting Your Child

A Complaint Sent to Your Child's Teacher's Personal Phone Can Be Refused -- Schools Now Take Complaints Through the Main Number or Eodream, by Appointment

Since March 2026, school complaints go through official channels such as the mai…

Lim Su-bin·2026-09-30 Supporting Your Child

School Rule Changes Go Through the Steering Committee — How Parent Members Are Elected and How to Submit Opinions

A principal can't change school rules alone: Article 32 requires School Steering…

Lim Su-bin·2026-09-29 Education Costs

South Korea's Single-Parent Family Education Allowance Is a Separate Program From the Education Benefit -- $77 a Year in School-Supply Money, and a 65% Income Cutoff

Under the Single-Parent Family Support Act, the child education allowance (schoo…

Lim Su-bin·2026-09-28 Government Support

Out-of-School Teens Sit a Nationwide Mock Exam for the First Time on October 20 -- A Pilot Five Months After a Court Ruling

Seoul's out-of-school youth take the October 20 achievement test for the first t…

Lim Su-bin·2026-09-27 Scholarships

Korea's Multi-Child Scholarship Now Covers Full Tuition for a Third Child, Starting 2026 -- Why the Payout Differs From Type I

The National Scholarship Type I pays up to KRW 6 million a year by income bracke…

Lim Su-bin·2026-09-25 Career Guidance

High School Track Selection Is No Longer 'Humanities or Science' -- It's About Subjects Now, By Track

Under the high school credit system, choosing a track means choosing subjects. H…

Oh Yu-jin·2026-09-24 Government Support

The Crisis Youth Special Support Program Pays Up to $520 a Month in Living Costs -- Benefit Amounts by Category and How to Apply

The Crisis Youth Special Support Program helps ages 9-24: living support up to $…

Lim Su-bin·2026-09-24