"Glad It's Not Late"... This Year's Unfailing CSAT 'Escort Operation'

ID and Admission Ticket Left at Home Delivered
Test Taker Who Went to Wrong Exam Site 'Quickly Moved'
620 Reports Related to CSAT Received via 112 Calls

On the morning of the 3rd, the day of the 2021 College Scholastic Ability Test, a police car carrying a test taker who mistook the test site passed through the main gate of Jeonju Hanil High School, where the 11th test site of the Jeonju district of the Jeonbuk Provincial Office of Education was set up, just before the test entry deadline. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-ju] On the day of the 2021 College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), the police once again carried out an escort operation for the test takers.

At around 8:03 a.m. in Gwangju-si, Gyeonggi Province, the police spotted a test taker's vehicle waving for help about 5 minutes before the entry time. They escorted the vehicle through approximately 5 km of traffic congestion, ensuring the test taker arrived safely at the exam site.

Also, at around 7:50 a.m. in Yangsan-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, the police urgently transported a test taker who had been unable to catch a taxi for 10 minutes, taking them about 3 km to the exam site.

Even in tense situations such as forgetting the admission ticket, the police shone. At around 7:35 a.m. near Jamsil Sports Complex in Seoul, the police responded to a request for help from a test taker who had left their admission ticket at home. They traveled to the test taker's residence in Cheonho-dong to retrieve and deliver the ticket. Around the same time in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi Province, the police connected a test taker who forgot their admission ticket with their mother so the ticket could be received.

The urgent situations continued until the entry deadline at 8:10 a.m. Around 8 a.m. in Andong-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, a police officer found a test taker wandering after mistakenly going to the wrong exam site and transported them in a private vehicle. At 8:05 a.m. in Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do, the police found a student crying because they were denied entry for not wearing a mask and provided an extra mask.

According to the National Police Agency, a total of 620 CSAT-related 112 emergency calls were received that morning, a 41.6% decrease compared to last year's 1,061 calls. Most were transportation requests (461 calls, 74.4%).

The police deployed 12,902 personnel including traffic police, local police, riot squads, and cooperating organizations, along with 2,694 vehicles such as patrol cars and motorcycles, to manage traffic and support test takers at exam sites. On that day, the police provided a total of 217 conveniences, including rides for test takers.

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