Raising a child in South Korea is no easy task. By the time their toddlers can walk, many parents have already begun scouting out elite private preschools.
The South Korean government has unveiled a plan to make its national college entrance exam easier to help address private education spending and the country's declining fertility rate. Key details: The plan, announced on June 26, came after South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol criticized “killer questions” — complex questions that are usually not part of the country’s public school curriculum –contained in the country’s eight-hour College Scholastic Ability Test, also known as Suneung. “We will cut the vicious cycle of killer questions in exams, which leads to excessive competition among students and parents in private education,” Lee Ju-ho, South Korea’s education minister, said at a briefing last week.
AsiaToday reporter Park Ji-sookSouth Korea’s government will push for a fair College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) centered on public education and c..
South Korean 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 on Monday., Education News, Times Now