Gap Year
How do Different Cultures
View the Idea of “Gap
Year”?
1.USA&UK
2.Other European Countries
3.Asian Countries
In the United States, the practice of taking a "year off" remains the exception, but is gaining in popularity.
Taking a year out has recently become slightly more common for Americans, with prevailing reasons as a feeling of being burned out of classroom education and a desire to understand oneself better. In the United Kingdom a year out is a common choice before university, again to travel or volunteer, gaining life experience.
All universities seem to welcome gap year applicants, no different from going straight to university from previous education.
Denmark has sought to limit the number of students who take a year out, penalising students who delay their education to travel abroad or work full-time.In 2006, it was announced that fewer students than before had taken a year out.In April 2009,
In Israel, it is customary for young the Danish government proposed a new adults who have completed their law which gives a bonus to students who mandatory military service to go refrain from a year out. backpacking abroad in groups before starting university or a career.Israel has also become a popular gap year travel destination for thousands of young Jewish adults from abroad each year.There
The Time Credit system in Belgium are over 10,000 participants annually who take a Masa Israel entitles employees of one year
Journey gap year. per lifetime of absence from their job, in order to prevent burn-out and to provide an opportunity to pursue other important things in life. In India, the practice of taking time out after secondary school education, popularly called a drop year, has been on a steep rise in recent years. Student have been primarily deciding to enroll in coaching institutions to prepare themselves for rigorous college entrance examinations. Utilising that year off for travel or nonacademic courses is still not common. In Republic of Korea, Gap
View the Idea of “Gap
Year”?
1.USA&UK
2.Other European Countries
3.Asian Countries
In the United States, the practice of taking a "year off" remains the exception, but is gaining in popularity.
Taking a year out has recently become slightly more common for Americans, with prevailing reasons as a feeling of being burned out of classroom education and a desire to understand oneself better. In the United Kingdom a year out is a common choice before university, again to travel or volunteer, gaining life experience.
All universities seem to welcome gap year applicants, no different from going straight to university from previous education.
Denmark has sought to limit the number of students who take a year out, penalising students who delay their education to travel abroad or work full-time.In 2006, it was announced that fewer students than before had taken a year out.In April 2009,
In Israel, it is customary for young the Danish government proposed a new adults who have completed their law which gives a bonus to students who mandatory military service to go refrain from a year out. backpacking abroad in groups before starting university or a career.Israel has also become a popular gap year travel destination for thousands of young Jewish adults from abroad each year.There
The Time Credit system in Belgium are over 10,000 participants annually who take a Masa Israel entitles employees of one year
Journey gap year. per lifetime of absence from their job, in order to prevent burn-out and to provide an opportunity to pursue other important things in life. In India, the practice of taking time out after secondary school education, popularly called a drop year, has been on a steep rise in recent years. Student have been primarily deciding to enroll in coaching institutions to prepare themselves for rigorous college entrance examinations. Utilising that year off for travel or nonacademic courses is still not common. In Republic of Korea, Gap