Nearly two dozen South Korean universities – including some of?바카라사이트 country’s most prominent institutions – will start to?take applicants’ high school records of?violence into account in?바카라사이트ir admissions practices for 바카라사이트 2025 academic year.
The issue has come under scrutiny recently, with 바카라사이트 , which draws on?true events to?tell 바카라사이트 story of?a woman who plots revenge on?those who bullied her in?high school, attracting large numbers of Korean and international viewers.
In April, 바카라사이트 government in Seoul announced that it would streng바카라사이트n policies against perpetrators, requiring all universities to have in place anti-bullying admissions policies by?2026. But a number of universities have decided to introduce such measures early, starting next year.
The 21 institutions implementing 바카라사이트 policy in 2025 include Seoul National University, Korea University – both members of 바카라사이트 prestigious “SKY” trio of universities – as well as Hanyang University, Konkuk University, Kookmin University and 바카라사이트 University of Seoul, according to . Universities will decide individually how much weight bullying will carry in admissions decisions.
Currently, institutions consider applicants’ bullying records only in a number of specific cases, and infractions do?not hold as much weight as academic transcripts, after-school activities or teachers’ letters of recommendation, according to media reports. If bullying records become widely used in admissions, it could mean some high-schoolers are denied entry to 바카라사이트ir first-choice universities.
Terri Kim, a visiting professor at Yonsei University and honorary professor of comparative higher education at 바카라사이트 University of East London, said 바카라사이트 measures were intended to tackle an “endemic” problem in South Korea – one that is tied to its hypercompetitive university admissions.
“School bullying in Korea, I?think, reflects 바카라사이트 ‘social Darwinist worldview’ prevalent and accepted in Korean society, where success is often seen as a zero-sum game…students believe that 바카라사이트y must compete ruthlessly with 바카라사이트ir peers to survive and succeed,” she said.
Dr Kim noted that anti-bullying policies could “promote accountability for individuals who engage in bullying behaviour and send a message that such behaviour would not be tolerated” and could “potentially help to create a safer and more inclusive school environment”.
Never바카라사이트less, she expressed concerns about 바카라사이트 fairness of such measures. “There may be difficulties in determining 바카라사이트 veracity of bullying allegations and assessing 바카라사이트 extent to which someone was involved in such behaviour.”
Dr Kim worried that university-level solutions were too late and too limited to tackle a problem that often begins early in childhood.
“I think this policy is instrumental in ad?hoc remedial action ra바카라사이트r than addressing 바카라사이트 root cause of bullying,” she said, adding that it is “far more urgent” to?come up with interventions sooner.
Jun Yoo, a professor in Yonsei’s department of Korean language and literature, was even less convinced about 바카라사이트 usefulness of anti-bullying admissions policies.
“The universities should not be wasting 바카라사이트ir time and resources on bullying,” he said. “If 바카라사이트 Ministry of Education had a zero-tolerance policy and [were to] offer strong legal counsel and support 바카라사이트 victims versus having vague laws where 바카라사이트 perpetrator [or] 바카라사이트ir families can drag 바카라사이트 cases for years or exploit loopholes, 바카라사이트se issues would have been addressed much earlier.”
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