The school system in Korea consists of six years of
primary or elementary school, three years of middle
school, three years of high school, and two years of
junior college or four years of college or university.
Korean children must attend classes from primary
school to middle school. High schools are divided
into two types: general (academic) and vocational
high schools. The institutions of higher education
with four-year undergraduate programs are classified
into four categories: (a) colleges and universities;
(b) teacher’s colleges and colleges of education;
(c) air and correspondence universities1 and open
universities; and (d) theological colleges, seminaries,
and others.