Teacher education course: Teacher education courses are offered in comprehensive
universities. A total of 132 universities offer teacher education courses, which include 25
national or public universities and 107 private universities. Along with colleges of education
and graduate schools of education, teacher education courses provide students with a means to
acquire secondary school teacher certificate. If students, who attend the colleges other than the
college of education in comprehensive universities, wish to acquire teacher certificate, they
have to earn more than 42 credit points in major subjects and 20 points in teacher education
courses. They also have to score equal or above 80 points in both areas. In general, teacher
education courses are composed of studies of education(educational philosophy, educational
administration, curriculum, educational psychology, educational sociology, and etc.), pedagogy
and practicum.