Gyeongbuk Provincial Office of Education Replaces Next Year's Specialized High School Admission Screening with 'Document Review'

Minimizing 'In-Person Screening' for Early and Late High School Admissions

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Dong-wook] The Gyeongbuk Provincial Office of Education announced on the 26th that it has approved face-to-face admissions only for Meister High Schools, Arts and Physical Education High Schools, and Science High Schools during the first and second semester high school entrance exams next year.

Since June, in preparation for the second wave of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), the Gyeongbuk Office of Education has guided schools to minimize face-to-face exams and replaced all face-to-face exams at specialized high schools with document screening.

According to the 2021 academic year first and second semester high school entrance exam guidelines confirmed by the Office of Education on this day, among the 114 second semester high schools, only Gyeongbuk Foreign Language High School and autonomous private high schools conducting self-directed learning exams will hold face-to-face exams. Even schools conducting face-to-face exams will cancel them and replace them with remote or document screening during social distancing levels 2 and 3.

Kwon Young-geun, Director of Secondary Education at the Office of Education, stated, "We will thoroughly inspect and support school-level quarantine management systems and actively establish cooperative systems with related organizations to ensure that high school entrance exams prioritize students' safety and health."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.