Kyodong Elementary School

Kyodong Elementary School (서울교동초등학교) is the oldest elementary school in South Korea,[1] which was opened nearby the Gyeongbokgung palace in 1894.[2] The first name of the school was the Royal Kyodong School, but later named as Kyodong Normal School. And the school introduced women education in 1925. Nowadays according to the suburbanization of Seoul old city, it has around a hundred students.[3]

Alumni

President Yun Posun, Novelist Sim Hun, and Musician Yun Geuk-young graduated the school.[4]

References
  1. Korea: Its Land, People, and Culture of All Ages Hakwon-Sa, 1963, p372
  2. 이종화, 재미있게 읽는 그날의 역사 9월 18일
  3. "교동초등학교 3.1운동 역사교육공간으로 탈바꿈? - 머니투데이 뉴스" (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  4. "비어가는 교실…한국最古 서울 교동초의 운명은?". mk.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-04-16.

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