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[nev]

What is the maximum number of students allowed per classroom in a hagwon in Korea. It is 12, isn't it? Does this apply for ibshi hagwons though? I have 19 in some classes.

[kangnamdragon]

According to the law, there is no maximum number of students for a hagwon class size. It depends on the size of the classroom. I know some people that have attended a hagwon with 200 in a classroom.

[nev]

So does it just depend entirely on how many kids you can physically stuff into a classroom, or is there a certain amount of pyeong per child?

[Saxiif]

8 at my hagwon.
*happy*

[kangnamdragon]

[chronicpride]

[FUBAR]

[Konundrum]

I think there's a minimum class dimension, though. At one time, some inspectors of some sort came to my hakwon and measured all the classrooms. MY won-jong then had to rearrange the walls and do some other stuff (like remove a sink and take out big desks) so her rooms were bigger. We ended up with one less classroom, and a lot less "teacher's space" (I got jammed in the corner with the photocopier..had to stand up if someone wanted to make a copy...but I could swivel my chair and make copies from my desk). The "inspectors" came back a couple weeks later and re-measured to make sure it was up to snuff.

[kangnamdragon]

I am sure there would be a maximum amount to comply with firecodes for the size of the school.

[ulsanchris]

Fire Codes?

Ever notice the lack of smoke detectors in this country?

[Derrek]

It's all very very precisely laid-out, so people can't just open up an English hagwon in their house. The place has to be a certain size, be in a certain building, etc.

Some guys on here have tried to start a hagwon legally in the past, and had some good posts about this.

[peemil]

I've got between 14-16 in a small cramped room with a table that can only seat 9 stuffed into a room. They are all beginners. Sometimes I think about jumping out the window. Often I pray for death. To be struck down by a bolt of lightning above. But the director just keeps cramming them in.

[sadsac]

For an English only hagwon, the maximum number of students per class is 12. It's never been enforced too my knowledge. Also there is a particular dimension that hagwons must have before they can be granted a licence to operate. Ipshis are governed by a different set of regs.