Teacher Job is being preferred in South Korea

Becoming a teacher or a civil servant is the most favored career path for Korean high school students.

In a survey of 2,165 high school students across the country conducted by the education ministry, 11 percent selected teaching as their preferred future job, followed by civil service at 4.2 percent and the police force at 4.1 percent.

Unlike the developing countries like India and Pakistan, these stats reflect that the a teacher job is the most secure.

"As unemployment has become a nagging social problem, not only a growing number of job seekers but also high school students are looking to the public sector. It is deemed to guarantee greater job security," said Kim Na-rah, an official at the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training.