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Most Parents Would Send Small Kids to Crammers Over English Ban

Nine out of 10 parents say they would send their children to private English crammers if the government insists on banning early English education in kindergartens, a straw poll suggests.

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English education company Yoons English School polled 271 parents earlier this month and found that 88.9 percent would send their children to private crammers until formal English classes can start in the third grade of elementary school.

Some 66.4 percent of the parents said they spend between W50,000 to W150,000 a month on extracurricular English lessons for their small children (US$1=W1,066).

Many parents use a combination of home study and private lessons for their kids, with 57.3 percent saying they use home study materials and 41.1. percent crammers. Some 34 percent only tutor their own kids at home, and 12.4 percent pay for a tutor to come and teach small classes.

Most or 71.1 percent said they are "very satisfied" or "satisfied" with the quality of private education.

English was the most popular type of after-school lesson, followed by sports or dance, music, art and science.

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