Book bans in public schools continued to surge in the first half of this school year, according to a report released on Tuesday by PEN America, a free speech organization.
Deans of medical schools nationwide on Sunday asked the government to freeze the admissions quota for the upcoming 2025 enrollment and discuss the future of increasing medical personnel through a consultative body.
The government moved to break the deadlock with doctors on Friday by accepting national medical schools’ request to flexibly adjust their admission quota for next year, but the medical community is not welcoming the government’s offer.
Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong on Wednesday reiterated the government’s hardline stance on increasing medical recruitment by 2,000 starting next year.
Most of all, the education authorities must learn from their last year’s mishap in which a sudden change in CSAT guidelines ended up sending more students to cram schools.
Education authorities must propose a law to outlaw such dirty practices.
The government on Monday said that it had completed sending notices of medical license suspensions to nearly 5,000 junior doctors nationwide.
The government on Tuesday said it is considering filing criminal complaints against trainee doctors who encouraged others to walk off their jobs in protest of the government’s plan to increase the enrollment quota at medical schools.
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