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pocariboy73 · Joined: 23 Jan 2003

Can anybody supply me with some official stats with web-link as to how many English hagwons are in Korea? Can be recent or a few years old.
Thanks in advance

pocariboy73 · Joined: 23 Jan 2003

JustJohn · Joined: 18 Oct 2007 Location: Your computer screen

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huck · Joined: 19 Jan 2003

caniff · Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: All over the map

pocariboy73 · Joined: 23 Jan 2003

Thanks guys, really helpful...

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

They are licensed, regulated and under the jurisdiction of their respective provincial offices of education so there really is no national database or count.

There are several 10's of thousands listed / advertising on Naver.

IncognitoHFX · Joined: 06 May 2007 Location: Yeongtong, Suwon

Cerriowen · Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Location: Pocheon

There are 49 million people in Korea?

I'm guessing that 70% of them attend an English Hakwon. Round abouts 30-35mil people?

Average school has probably 100-500 students?

Somewhere between 70,000 and 350,000 Hakwons then???

I'm guessing that about 80% or so have foreign teacher?

Toooootally pulling these numbers out of my nose, without the slightest basis for any of it Smile

IncognitoHFX · Joined: 06 May 2007 Location: Yeongtong, Suwon

poet13 · Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:31 pm Post subject:

"There are 49 million people in Korea?

I'm guessing that 70% of them attend an English Hakwon. Round abouts 30-35mil people?

Average school has probably 100-500 students?

Somewhere between 70,000 and 350,000 Hakwons then???

I'm guessing that about 80% or so have foreign teacher?

Toooootally pulling these numbers out of my nose, without the slightest basis for any of it "
Laughing

Lemme have a go...

49 million people. # of people age 5 to 21....maybe 13 million?
% that attend English hakwon? maybe 65.
that have foreign teachers? don't know, but in my town there are maybe 45 english hakwons and only about 5 foreigners. the rest work in public schools and unis.

the end result is that I have no idea how many hakwons are in korea.

25,000 wouldn't surprise me.