In 2018, compared to 2006, the academic ‘resiliency ratio’ of the top 25% increased by 0.66%p for the OECD average and decreased by 1.78%p for Korea.
·This means that, in Korea, the economic, social, and cultural status of parents had a greater impact on students’ grades than it did in OECD countries.
The ‘resiliency ratio’ of the top 4%, which is the highest group, decreased overall in Korea as well as in OECD countries and other countries analyzed (the US, Japan).
·Is inequality handed down from parents to children? Yes.
·Does education break that loop? No. Rather it is suspected to be a catalyst for widening the educational gap.
·Is inequality deeper than it was in the past? Yes.
The solution is a society in which parents’ economic, social, and cultural status does not have a significant influence on student performance and a society that can improve social advancement through the introduction of an educational system to overcome disadvantages in economic, social, and cultural status. To put it more simply, a radical change in the education system is necessary to create a society that can support movement from ‘rags to riches.’