[Breaking News] Listing Prohibited Parent Occupations in Self-Introduction... Unfairness in Holistic Admissions Detected at Seoul National University and Others

[Asia Economy Reporter Heo Midam] The Ministry of Education conducted a fact-finding investigation on the student record comprehensive screening (Hakjong) targeting six universities including Seoul National University and Korea University, and uncovered cases such as listing parents' occupations in self-introduction letters and parents who are professors participating in the screening process their children applied for.

However, since no direct evidence was found regarding the high school ranking system (a system that evaluates students by ranking schools), which was the main focus of the investigation, criticism may arise that the investigation was ineffective.

In October of last year, the Ministry of Education launched a fact-finding investigation on Hakjong at 13 universities including Seoul National University to secure reliability in college admissions, and among them, six universities?Seoul National University, Korea University, Sogang University, Sungkyunkwan University, Kyung Hee University, and Konkuk University?were deemed to require additional investigation, leading to a follow-up investigation over the course of a year.

The Ministry of Education announced that as a result of the follow-up investigation at the six universities, 7 individuals received severe disciplinary actions, 13 received light disciplinary actions, and a total of 108 people faced personnel measures. Administrative measures were also taken, including one institutional warning and five other administrative actions.

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