'High School Curriculum' Questions in Yeongjae High School Entrance Exam... "Won't Be Allowed Anymore"

Ministry of Education Announces Legislative Notice for Amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Gifted Education Promotion Act

The Ministry of Education has decided to amend the Enforcement Decree of the Gifted Education Promotion Act to prohibit gifted high schools from including high school-level questions in their entrance exams. This move is interpreted as an effort to curb private education and the craze for advanced learning aimed at admission to special-purpose high schools. The photo shows the 'Special Explanation Session for High School and College Admissions for Gifted Schools, Science High Schools, Autonomous Private High Schools, Foreign Language High Schools, International High Schools, and General High Schools' held at the Hoedang Memorial Hall of Jinseon Girls' High School in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, in March 2019. Photo by Yoon Dong-ju doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] A law prohibiting questions beyond the high school curriculum range in the gifted high school entrance exam will be implemented.

On the 23rd, the Ministry of Education announced a partial amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Gifted Education Promotion Act for public comment from today until April 4. The amendment introduces prohibitions on matters reflected in the gifted school entrance exam and the implementation of impact assessments by school principals.

Gifted schools refer to schools below the high school level designated and established for gifted education under the Gifted Education Promotion Act. Until now, questions beyond the middle school curriculum have been included in gifted school entrance exams, raising concerns that this induces private education for gifted school admissions.

Most high school entrance exams, selected by school principals, limit the scope of questions to the curriculum prior to admission based on laws such as the Special Act on the Promotion of Normalization of Public Education and Regulation of Preceding Education; however, gifted high schools lacked related regulations.

Based on this enforcement decree, gifted school principals will be given the responsibility to suppress private education inducement in entrance exams. They must evaluate annually whether the entrance exam induces advanced learning and reflect the results in the following year's entrance exam. Metropolitan and provincial offices of education will manage and supervise these matters.

Lee Sang-su, Director of the School Innovation Support Office at the Ministry of Education, stated, "This amendment is a measure to support gifted schools to operate substantively in line with their founding purpose from the student selection stage. We will continue to cooperate with metropolitan and provincial offices of education and maintain ongoing communication with gifted schools to nurture outstanding science and engineering talents in accordance with changes in the future educational environment."

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