Seoul Literacy Center Offers Education to Elderly South Koreans Who Missed School

A growing number of elderly South Koreans in their seventies and eighties are attending literacy classes in Seoul to complete the formal education they were denied during their youth due to historical gender and socioeconomic barriers.

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In South Korea, classes for seniors who missed out on education: 'My father was convinced girls should stay at home'

Many South Koreans in their 70s never had the chance to go to school as children. In Seoul, a literacy center gives people aged 70 to 85 the opportunity to catch up on those missed lessons.

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Seoul Literacy Center Offers Education to Elderly South Koreans Who Missed School

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In South Korea, classes for seniors who missed out on education: 'My father was convinced girls should stay at home'

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