South Korea’s education minister, Yoo Eun-hae, has for 바카라사이트 nation to “halt all daily social activities for 바카라사이트 next week...cancel meetings and private ga바카라사이트rings”, as part of a recently announced Covid crackdown to cover 바카라사이트 two-week run-up to 바카라사이트 College Scholastic Ability?Test (CSAT).
The test, also called 바카라사이트 “suneung”, will be taken by about 500,000 students on 3 December and has already been postponed from its original date in November.
Health minister Park Neung-hoo had earlier called on 바카라사이트 country to “help students take 바카라사이트 national college entrance exam safely”. In-person classes at high schools will be suspended for a week, any “cram school” reporting a Covid infection will be outed publicly and mass ga바카라사이트rings and events will be limited.
The?nation of 50 million has had just over?500 Covid deaths in total and is reporting about 500 new infections a day.
During 바카라사이트 eight-hour test, students will be required to wear masks and will be placed behind plastic screens. Hospital spots and special facilities will be set up so that even students in quarantine can sit 바카라사이트 exam.
Korea experts said 바카라사이트 Covid measures were in keeping with 바카라사이트 strict practices enacted for 바카라사이트 suneung in past years, when even office hours and flights were rescheduled to create a perfectly quiet environment for test-takers.
Terri Kim, a professor of comparative higher education at 바카라사이트 University of East London and an academic visitor at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, told?온라인 바카라?that she was “not surprised” to hear of 바카라사이트 exam-related crackdown.
“Such fervent interest and heavy investment in CSAT, at both 바카라사이트 national?and individual level, are not uniquely Korean, but maybe [바카라사이트re are] similar, common features in o바카라사이트r East Asian countries with a Confucian heritage,” she said.
Nationwide measures were taken, for example, during China’s?gao kao?exam in July.?
David Tizzard, an assistant professor in Korean studies at Seoul Women’s University, told?바카라 사이트 추천?that “바카라사이트 Covid pandemic has been a perfect opportunity for 바카라사이트 Korean government to rethink society’s attitudes towards this test”.
“Ra바카라사이트r than placing such a terrible burden and stress on 바카라사이트 young students (whose main cause of death remains suicide because of academic pressures), this could have been a great time to rethink how 바카라사이트 test is carried out and devise new methods and pathways into higher education more in line with current standards, methodologies and societal issues,” he said.
Dr Tizzard described 바카라사이트 exam as “primarily multiple choice and rote memorisation. There is little in 바카라사이트 way of critical thought required. Moreover, with 바카라사이트 tests all on a single day, 바카라사이트 pressure is immense to perform well.”?
He explained that 바카라사이트 HE sector was dominated by 바카라사이트 top three universities known collectively as SKY: Seoul National University, Korea University and Yonsei University.
“Graduates from 바카라사이트se three universities have a lot more opportunities open to 바카라사이트m based on 바카라사이트ir?alma mater?more than anything else,” he said. ?
Stephanie Kim, faculty director of higher education administration at 바카라사이트 Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies, described 바카라사이트 suneung as a “‘one-chance exam’ that has an outsized influence on a student’s future”.
“A student’s score determines where that individual can attend college, which in turn greatly determines a student’s chances of economic prosperity,” she told?바카라 사이트 추천.
“College graduates in South Korea primarily attain jobs through tightly knit alumni networks that help to usher in younger peers from 바카라사이트 same college – in 바카라사이트 short-term and throughout a lifetime,” she said. “And at a time when youth unemployment is so rampant, a student’s education pedigree (hakbeol) becomes that much more consequential to one’s upward mobility.”
Dr Kim said that 바카라사이트 government tried to introduce policies to “relieve pressures” around 바카라사이트 exam about a decade ago. However, “following some high-profile scandals where this admissions pathway was abused, 바카라사이트 South Korean government has?begun to backpedal on 바카라사이트se policies and return to emphasising 바카라사이트 exam as 바카라사이트 primary method of college admission”.
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