however the level of satisfaction with the education system and schools among the poorest of the population in korea has fallen to about only the share of private spending on educational institutions is higher than in the majority of g and oecd countries high enrolment in private nontertian and tertiary educational institutions combined with higher private spending for outside school classes increase the share of household expenditures on education at the tertiary level private expenditures represent more than of total expenditures with most of these expenditures coming directly from households