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[Snowmeow]

I've read Joe Doufu's thread and some people have mentioned that their schools charge 80,000 to 130,000 tuition per month. Is this the very low end of the scale as far as cheap schools go?

According to the most senior foreign teacher here, parents pay 700,000 per month for kindys and 200,000 per month for the afternoon classes. There are 10 kindy classes of 8-10 students, plus about 20 groups of 7-10 students in the afternoon. That's a revenue of 97 million won per month. Is this the most expensive school in Korea or something, or maybe these numbers are inaccurate? Almost all the kids if asked will tell you that their parents are doctors, lawyers, government officials etc so it seems plausible but it's a helluva lot of money for what seems like babysitting a lot of the time.

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[Qinella]

Nice Vah Shir avatar.

My hagwon is English only and the cost is W120,000 per month.

That's all I know.

[Cheonmunka]

It depends on location. A private school in Beverly Hills costs more than Compton. Likewise Mok-Dong fees are more than Pupyong's.

[Yu_Bum_suk]

My old hogwan charged W135,000 per month for three lessons a week - 35 minutes with a Korean and 35 minutes with a foreigner. Their Kindy programme cost W250,000 per month. I'm pretty sure their kindy was running in the red, and the total number of afternoon hogwan pupils seemed to be a slight but steady decline.

[VanIslander]

[eamo]

If you take the average hours of class for elementary students to be 4.5 per week (M-W-F @1.5 hours) then 100,000-200,000 per month is the average from what I've heard.

In places like Gangnam, Kindy can cost around a million per month if they're there 5 hours per day, 5 days per week.

Yes. It can seem that your hagwon is making a ton of money. Maybe they are but there are a ton of costs involved in running a hagwon.

[sheba]

Ours is 110,000 per month for one hour a day, 5 days a week. One of those days is spent with me - except for 2 classes which I see twice a week - they pay more but Im not sure how much.

[bellum99]

The ministry of education has recently decided to enforce the laws regarding the tuition fees charged by schools. That is why they have been visiting the schools alot. The schools are being forced to charge less than before and with rising competetion and costs, many schools have been having trouble.

[sadsac]

My hagwon is 100,000 per month general tuition, 300,000 for TOEFL and 250,000 for writing. Those that are charging the 700,000 per month are offering more than just plain old English.

[Snowmeow]

Ah, well it is true the kindy program here fruns from 9:20 am to 1:40 pm, including a story time from 1:45-2:45 for some of the little ones.

edit: Qinella, thanks the vah shir is my beastlord (Quellious server)

[plattwaz]

My previous kindergarten charged 980,000 per month for kindie (4 hours a day). They got around regulations on how much the maximum was by saying that only a certain portion was "tuition" and a very large chunk of the price was for "Lunches."

The afternoon sessions cost 350,000 for 1.5 hours on MWF (18 hours a month), and 500,000 for 1.5 hours 5 days a week. I'm not sure what Tues/Thurs students paid. For these classes, when the tuition caps went into effect, they changed the policy so that "tuition" was charged at whatever the legal maximum was, and then charged an insane fee (ie/ the rest of the original price) for monthly evaluation reports, which although were "optional" every parent of course asks for.

My current kindie is 650,000 per month, and afternoon classes are 150,000 for every 12 hours of instruction attended -- if the student misses a day, they don't pay for it.

[The Kung Fu Hustle]

Incheon area. 5 hours a week, 1 or 2 of those with me depending on the schedule and the luck of the draw. 120 000 W.

My boss takes one guy on the side for 1.5 mill a month He trips all the way in from Gangnam (to Incheon!) for 1-on-1 classes totalling about 6 hours a week. He wants to get into Yonsei BAD.