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Gov’t expands CSAT admissions
Universities will have to expand the portion of students they admit based on standardized testing by 2022, the Ministry of Education announced Friday as part of its long-awaited reform measures to the national college entrance system. From 2022, u…
Aug 20,2018
Furor over how a test is graded
Associations representing English-language educators in Korea are calling for the government to grade the English section of the national college entrance exam on a curve, saying the current method will lower the subject’s value in the admissions pro…
Aug 09,2018
Journalism class gets students talking
The air was unusually tense at the weekly journalism class taught in English at Myung Duk Girls’ High School in Gangseo District, western Seoul. “Han-byeol, what was the article that you thought was interesting this week?” Lee Sung-eun, a Korea Jo…
Oct 31,2017
SNU tops university rankings again this year
Seoul National University has ranked first in the JoongAng Ilbo’s comprehensive university rankings for 2017, followed by Sungkyunkwan, Hanyang, Korea and Yonsei universities. The JoongAng Ilbo assessed 61 four-year universities using 33 different…
Oct 30,2017
[Guest Report] Incheon plays host to international league of port-city universities
From Sept. 18 to 20, Incheon National University hosted the 11th meeting of the Port-City Universities League at the Songdo Convensia. The event was co-hosted by Incheon National University, the Incheon city government and Incheon Port Authority. Sym…
Sept 25,2017
CSAT has now become even more difficult
The percentage of perfect scorers for this year’s College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) was below 1 percent for all three sections - Korean language, mathematics and English - suggesting it was the most difficult exam since 2011. On Wednesday, th…
Dec 10,2016
Korean students’ scores take tumble on PISA assessment
Korea’s rankings in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015, published by the OECD on Tuesday, fell from 2012. It was the first time Korea missed the top three ranks in all three sectors: reading, mathematics and science. PISA…
Dec 10,2016
Law schools to ban bias on applications
Starting next semester, law school applicants will be penalized for writing about their relatives in their cover letters. On Wednesday, the 42nd Council of Law Education reviewed an Education Ministry’s ordinance requiring schools to publicize admiss…
Dec 10,2016
Teen spirit takes a political turn
Behind massive candlelight vigils at Gwanghwamun Square were teenagers who did not hesitate to raise their voices. After finishing the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) on Nov. 17, high school seniors joined the movement, saying “End of CSAT,…
Nov 26,2016
Unique methods win 3 schools grand award
“I am thankful I was able to help my mom with the chores today by doing the laundry,” wrote Kim Yong-hyun, a senior at Ulsan Meister High School, on his “Thank You Note.” Below Kim’s writings were comments from his mother that read, “I know that you’…
Nov 26,2016
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