Officials to review new admission officer system
Published: 09 Oct. 2009, 03:27
Universities found to have unfairly recruited students through an admissions officer system will not be funded next year, said Vice Education Minister Lee Ju-ho Wednesday.
“If any university creates problems surrounding the fairness of student selection through an admissions officer system implemented this year, it will threaten the existence of the system,” he said in a forum co-hosted by the JoongAng Ilbo and the state-run Korea Educational Development Institute. “When the admission procedure [for next year] is finished, we will study the fairness and objectivity of the admissions officer system of respective universities. Should any among 15 schools that have been picked by the government as leaders of the system .?.?. be found with problems, we will stop providing the aid next year.” Those schools are slated to receive up to 2 billion won ($1.7 million) state funds. This year, a total of 47 universities nationwide will pick a combined 26,000 students through a system of admissions officers - almost six times the number of students selected last year.
Lee developed measures to ease the burden on high school teachers who must help their students prepare for the new admission system. He said the ministry will unify formats for an applicant’s self-introductory essay and teachers’ recommendations. Also, he said the ministry will have universities raise the portion of admission officers who work full-time.
By Jung Hyun-mok, Lee Won-jean [[email protected]]
“If any university creates problems surrounding the fairness of student selection through an admissions officer system implemented this year, it will threaten the existence of the system,” he said in a forum co-hosted by the JoongAng Ilbo and the state-run Korea Educational Development Institute. “When the admission procedure [for next year] is finished, we will study the fairness and objectivity of the admissions officer system of respective universities. Should any among 15 schools that have been picked by the government as leaders of the system .?.?. be found with problems, we will stop providing the aid next year.” Those schools are slated to receive up to 2 billion won ($1.7 million) state funds. This year, a total of 47 universities nationwide will pick a combined 26,000 students through a system of admissions officers - almost six times the number of students selected last year.
Lee developed measures to ease the burden on high school teachers who must help their students prepare for the new admission system. He said the ministry will unify formats for an applicant’s self-introductory essay and teachers’ recommendations. Also, he said the ministry will have universities raise the portion of admission officers who work full-time.
By Jung Hyun-mok, Lee Won-jean [[email protected]]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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