September Mock Exam to Be Held Simultaneously at High Schools and Hagwons... 10,000 More Graduates Taking the Test

Report Cards Delivered Two Days Early on the 14th of Next Month

Facilities Near Academies with Fewer Than 50 Students Must Be Secured
Online Testing for Those Unable to Enter Exam Sites Due to Quarantine

Number of Test Takers Increases by 4,061 Compared to June
7242 Fewer Current Students, 11,303 More Graduates and Others

On the morning of the 18th, when the National Joint Academic Achievement Test organized by the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation was conducted, third-year students were preparing for the exam at Sangam High School in Mapo-gu, Seoul. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] The September mock test for the 2021 College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), organized by the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation, will be held simultaneously on the 16th at 2,099 high schools nationwide and 428 designated academies.

The Ministry of Education and the Evaluation Institute announced that the number of test takers registered for the September mock test is 487,347, with 409,287 current students and 78,060 graduates and other examinees.

The number of test takers increased by 4,061 compared to the June mock test this year. The number of current students decreased by 7,242, while the number of graduates and other examinees increased by 11,303.

The September mock test has the same characteristics as the CSAT preparation test, including the nature of the exam, test areas, and number of questions. The scored report cards will be provided on the 14th of next month, two days earlier than originally planned, to help prepare for this year’s CSAT.

The first session, Korean language, starts at 8:40 AM and ends at 10:00 AM; the second session, Mathematics, runs from 10:30 AM to 12:10 PM; the third session, English, is from 1:30 PM to 2:20 PM; and the fourth session, Korean history and social/science/vocational inquiry areas, is from 2:50 PM to 4:32 PM. After the Korean history test time ends, the question papers are collected, and a 10-minute distribution time is given for the inquiry area question papers. Students may select up to two subjects in the social/science/vocational inquiry areas. The second foreign language and Chinese characters tests are conducted from 5:00 PM.

If it is impossible to enter the test site due to self-quarantine from COVID-19, online testing will be conducted as with the June mock test. It will operate until 9:00 PM on the 17th, and a separate score report will be provided, but the scores will not be reflected in the overall results of all examinees.

Academies that do not meet the standard of fewer than 50 people per laboratory must prepare countermeasures such as securing nearby facilities.

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