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The octogenarian grandmothers are happily learning with their young classmates at Woldeung Elementary School. (AFP)
Learning Has No Age Limit for South Korea’s Aging Generation
The rapidly aging population and a huge number of families migrating from the countryside to the cities for decades has decreased the number of pupils learning at rural primary schools in South Korea.
Just like in South Jeolla province where rural schools that facing the falling pupil numbers decide to target and recruit illiterate elderly, mostly the octogenarian grandmothers, in order to stave off the threat of closure. The grandmothers are those who were denied to get an education on gender grounds during their childhoods. They learn to write and read along with the younger classmates in second grade.
One of the octogenarian pupils at Woldeung Elementary School, Park Young-ae (70), said that back in her childhood time her grandfather insisted that there is no use for education for girls like little Young-ae. She then told her regret for not studying at school as a young girl. While her classmate, Nam (84) who is also the oldest of three grandmothers studying at the school, said that she often felt like others looked down on her because of her illiteracy. However, the grandmothers expressed their excitement for being able to enjoy the ‘best moment’ of their lives with four young classmates—whether taking spelling tests or singing songs together. Nam even added that her favorite subject is mathematics and will continue to be in school as long as health allows her to come.
Eight-year-old fellow pupil of Young-ae and Nam also hopes they will continue to study all the way through sixth grade and on to middle school with him.
South Korea is currently facing a demographic crisis caused by low fertility rate because of more Korean young people choose not to reproduce. It is projected that the population will fall to 39 million in 2067 when the median age will be 62.
Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/life-lessons-for-south-korea-octogenarian-school-pupils-11584610
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