Sakha-Korean School

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Sakha-Korean School
Location
Map
42 Korolenko St.
Yakutsk, 677005
Sakha Republic, Russia[6]
Information
Established1994[1][2]
PrincipalVadim Borisov Georgievich[3]
Faculty30[4]
Number of students280[5]
Websitesakhakorea.yaguo.ru
Sakha-Korean School
Korean name
Hangul사하·한국학교[7]
Hanja사하·韓國學校
Russian name
RussianСаха-корейская школа[3]
RomanizationSakha-koreyskaya shkola

The Sakha-Korean School is a school in Yakutsk, Sakha Republic, Russia. It was founded in 1994[1] and in 2008 it enrolled roughly 280 students at the primary and middle-school levels (up from roughly 200 in 2002).[1][5]

History

The origins of the school go back to May 1994; a South Korean ethnographer doing research on the

Evgeniya Mikhailova provided early local leadership for the project; the Sakha Republic government has continued to provide financial support to the school as part of its wider plan to improve foreign-language education in the republic.[2][9] Other early local supporters of the school included head of the Institute for Advanced Education Studies[10] Olga Chorosova and chairwoman of the Yakutsk Korean Association Vera Shamayeva.[9]

In 2006, the school established a branch in

Roughly 250 students have graduated from the school since its founding. Its fifteenth anniversary, in December 2009, was celebrated in a ceremony attended by Mikhailova (who by then had risen to the position of vice-president of the Sakha Republic), minister of internal affairs Georgy Nikonov, and the South Korean consul-general of Irkutsk, Choi Seok-in.[12]

Staff

Evgeniy Cherepanov Jeka was promoted from vice-principal to principal in 2002, when her predecessor Gennady Kim decided to take another job.[3][4] The school has a teaching staff of 25 full-time teachers and 5 part-time teachers.[4] Their staff includes four South Korean teachers.[1]

Programme

Among other subjects, the school offers

South Korean universities for further studies.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Gang, Deok-su (27 March 2002), "해외한국학교 누가 키웁니까/Who will cultivate Korean schools overseas?", JoongAng Ilbo, retrieved 3 August 2009
  2. ^ a b c d Eom, Sang-hyeon (13 June 2006), "12년간 사하공화국 전도사 역할 한국외대 강덕수 교수: "한국-사하共 이젠 일촌지간이죠"/Gang Deok-su, Hankuk Foreign Studies University professor and missionary in the Sakha Republic for 12 years", Donga Weekly, no. 539, pp. 72–73, retrieved 3 August 2009
  3. ^ a b c d Afonina, Alena (30 July 2004), "Женщина номера – Ольга Кимовна Потапова – директор Саха-корейской школы с 2002 года/Olga Kimovna Potapova - Director of the Sakha-Korean School since 2002", Ezhenedel'naya Gazeta Onaplyus, no. 31, archived from the original on 23 August 2011, retrieved 3 August 2009
  4. ^ a b c Staff, Sakha-Korean School, 2001, retrieved 4 August 2009
  5. ^
    Yonhap News, 7 July 2008, archived from the original
    on 10 June 2011, retrieved 3 August 2009
  6. ^ Contact, Sakha-Korean School, 2001, retrieved 4 August 2009
  7. ^ a b "사하한국학교 연수단 에버랜드 방문/Sakha-Korean School study group visits Everland", No Cut News, 14 August 2006, archived from the original on 22 July 2011, retrieved 3 August 2009
  8. ^ "러 사하공화국에서 한국말 뿌리 확인/In Russia's Sakha Republic, the Korean language takes root", Chosun Ilbo, 8 June 2010, archived from the original on 15 July 2010, retrieved 1 September 2010
  9. ^ a b "Ассоциация корейцев города Якутска/The Korean Association of the city of Yakutsk", Ilin, vol. 32, no. 1, 2003, retrieved 18 February 2010
  10. ^ Институт повышения квалификации работников образования
  11. ^ История школы/School history, Sakha-Korean School, retrieved 18 February 2010
  12. ^ a b Agafonova, Elena (11 December 2009), "Саха-Корейская школа отметила 15-летний юбилей/Sakha-Korean School celebrates 15th anniversary", Yakutian-Sakha Informational Agency, archived from the original on 9 October 2011, retrieved 18 February 2010
  13. ^ Mariya, Pavlova (22 July 2005), "Я корейский бы выучил... Учить иностранные языки современные дети начинают в детских садах, в начальных классах/I have to learn Korean ... children today begin learning foreign languages in kindergarten and early grades", Gazeta Yakutia, retrieved 4 August 2009
  14. ^ Gim, Jeong-hwan (10 August 2010), "러시아 사하공화국 청소년들, 인천 방문/Youths from Russia's Sakha Republic visit Incheon", Kyonggi Broadcasting, retrieved 1 September 2010

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