South Korean children now socialise with counterparts across the world

A Professor at the Seoul National University, Prof. Moon Hwy-Chang, has said that South Korean children now have the opportunity to socialise with their counterparts from other parts of the world. 

This, he said, was the result of the exposure given the children through the opening up of that country to all shades of opinion by the South Korean Government.

He noted that the uniqueness of South Korean children was that they have respect for the elderly, showed kindness to all humans and were committed to their cultural values.

“A South Korean child will always bow at the sight of an adult, showing the respect he or she has for that person.’’ 

Prof. Hwy-Chang said that when the South Korean Foundation, an organisation in South Korea, invited some Ghanaian journalists on a study tour to South Korea. 

The children would approach a foreigner with a smile and would want to have a snap shot with the person.

A visit to some of the South Korean schools revealed that education is of high standard:  the state-of-the-art furniture in the classrooms, playing and learning materials, including ICT facilities and a well-stocked library, which make the pupils very advanced, especially in ICT.