SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The government will exclude extremely difficult “killer” questions from the annual college entrance exam starting this year in an effort to reduce private education expenses, the presidential office said Monday. The state-administered College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), known as Suneung in Korean, has faced criticism for including killer questions [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Hundreds of thousands of students took the annual national college entrance exam Thursday while taking extra precautions to guard against the continued surge of the coronavirus. Students arrived at their designated test facilities accompanied by their family members, but there was little of the cheer typical of the scene [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans were on high alert Wednesday with only hours to go until hundreds of thousands of students would sit for the annual state college entrance exam during the COVID-19 pandemic. Around 490,000 high school seniors, graduates and others plan to take the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) on [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A cold wave swept across the nation on the day of the national college entrance examination Thursday, with the mercury dipping to near or below zero in Seoul and central areas, South Korea’s weather authority said. The morning low dropped to minus 13.8 C in Mount Seorak, while Daegwallyeong, [...]