College Entrance Exams to Cut ‘Killer Questions’ in South Korea
- Entrance tests will no longer add the questions seen as unfair
- Pricey exam cram schools have flourished in recent years
This article is for subscribers only.
South Korea will stop asking “killer questions” on notoriously competitive college entrance exams in an effort to make them more fair.
The Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation — the agency that creates and administers the annual test— will cut the infamous questions that are tough to answer and often not covered at public schools, the Ministry of Education said Monday.