School () is a South Korean anthology series created by the KBS Drama Production Group for KBS2. The first season premiered in 1999, and the series lasted for four straight years (until 2002). After a ten-year hiatus, the franchise rebooted with a new season in 2012 titled as School 2013. Since then, three other series â ', School 2017 and School 2021 â were launched.
School tells about the struggles that students go through in course of their formative years in schools. They focuses on portraying realistic issues that South Korea's youth faces, such as the corrupt education system, teen suicide, corporal punishment, academy and tutoring culture, career prospects and bullying.
The series has been well-known for launching the careers of rookie actors.
The first three series focus on the problems teenagers face in school, including study, first love, family, and how they struggle to overcome those. School 4 tells about the lives of people in Sewon Arts High School.
Seungri High School ranks as one of the worst of the 178 high schools in Seoul based on academic scores. Seungri High School is now busy preparing presentations for its new students. Class 2 is at the bottom of grade 2 at Seungri High School. Go Nam-soon (Lee Jong-suk) is elected class president for grade 2, thanks to the support of Oh Jung-ho (Kwak Jung-wook), who is a member of the school gang. Kang Se-chan (Choi Daniel) is the top Korean language teacher at a famous institute in Gangnam. In order to improve the student's scores at Seungri High School, the school hires Se-chan. Now, Jung In-jae (Jang Na-ra) and Kang Sae-chan (Choi Daniel) becomes the homeroom teachers of the students whose philosophies are apparently at odds. Together, they manage Victory High's toughest class; facing bullies, academic underachievers, and demanding parents, as they help the students overcome their problems.
Sekang High School is the most prestigious private high school in Seoul's Gangnam District, and Go Eun-byul (Kim So-hyun) is the most popular girl there. Meanwhile, her identical twin sister Lee Eun-bi is living in an orphanage and is being bullied at school. When Eun-byul mysteriously disappears one day, Eun-bi loses her memories and is mistaken as being Eun-byul, and starts living her life as Eun-byul.
The series tells about lives of 18-year-old high school students who are valued according to their ranking at Geumdo High School. Despite their frustrations, they find out how to make their own way in this world that seems to be a stagnant cycle of school and home.
The central protagonist, Ra Eun-ho (Kim Se-jeong), is a cheerful and kind-hearted 18-year-old high school girl who dreams of being a webtoon artist. However, she is caught up in the search for a mysterious troublemaker in the school known as 'Student X'. When Eun-ho is accused of being Student X and faces expulsion, she reveals her dream of attending a university of arts.
The series tells the story of youngsters just turned 18 who choose a path rather than an entrance examination, helping each other overcome the barriers that come up while taking a less chosen path. They learn valuable lessons about life, love, and friendship.