Admission Officers Prohibited from Private Tutoring and Teaching for 3 Years After Retirement

Ministry of Education Announces Amendments to Higher Education Act
Mandatory Quotas for Socially Disadvantaged Groups in University Admissions
Admission Cancellation for Cheating in University-Specific Exams Like Essays

Eun-Hye Yoo, Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs and Minister of Education, is delivering opening remarks at the Social Relations Ministers' Meeting held at the Government Seoul Office in Jongno-gu, Seoul, on the 9th. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] Retired admissions officers will no longer be allowed to work as private tutors or instructors, as well as at academies, for three years.

On the 11th, the Ministry of Education announced and gave prior notice of partial amendments to the Higher Education Act and the Act on the Establishment, Operation, and Private Tutoring of Academies, which include these provisions.

The main points of the partial amendment to the Higher Education Act are the establishment of grounds for operating social integration admissions and the expansion of employment restrictions for retired admissions officers.

From now on, universities must include a certain percentage of socially disadvantaged applicants in their admission quotas, and universities in the metropolitan area must ensure that the number of applicants admitted through regional balance admissions accounts for a certain percentage or more.

The partial amendment to the Act on the Establishment, Operation, and Private Tutoring of Academies addresses the fact that although the Higher Education Act includes employment restrictions for retired admissions officers, there are no penalty provisions for violations. It newly establishes grounds for sanctions on employment restrictions for retired admissions officers. If a retired admissions officer who has not passed three years since retirement registers an academy or works as an instructor, tutor, or private tutor, it will be considered a disqualification, and penalties will be imposed for violations. These penalties include cancellation of registration (closure or suspension of private tutoring), suspension of tutoring for up to one year, or a fine of up to 10 million won.

Furthermore, the newly established enforcement decree of the Higher Education Act specifies that university presidents must cancel admission permits for students admitted through fraudulent means, following the amendment of the Higher Education Act. Fraudulent acts include submitting forged, altered, or falsely prepared documents, having someone else take university-specific exams such as essays on behalf of the applicant, and other acts that unfairly affect the fair management of student selection as stipulated by university regulations.

The Ministry of Education plans to submit the bill to the National Assembly after legal review, and the partial amendment to the enforcement decree of the Higher Education Act is scheduled to take effect on June 11 of this year.

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