Hong Joon-pyo's Pledge to Reinstate Judicial Exam and Abolish University Early Admission

"The system is unfair, but calling for fairness is just covering one's eyes and pretending"

Hong Joon-pyo, member of the People Power Party./Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Hong Jun-pyo, a presidential candidate from the People Power Party, promised on the 19th to reinstate the judicial examination and other civil service exams.

Through social media (SNS), Hong stated, "We must abolish hereditary privileges such as law schools, medical schools, and the National Diplomatic Academy, and revive the judicial examination, administrative examination, and foreign service examination to create a society where even those from humble beginnings can succeed."

He said, "It is the duty of the state to provide a ladder of hope so that children from ordinary families can leap across social classes."

Regarding the college admission system, he said, "To allow students to grow based on their abilities under a fair system, the college entrance system must be reformed first. The admission officer system and early admissions should be abolished, and admissions should be solely based on regular admissions. More than 70% of the questions in the regular admissions exam should be based on EBS textbooks so that children from ordinary families can enter their desired universities by studying hard, transforming a credential society into a merit society."

Hong emphasized, "For children from ordinary families, support should be provided for elementary, middle, and high school tuition, and university tuition and fees should be set differentially according to parental income. The core of welfare for ordinary people is not handing out cash but providing a foundation for social mobility."

He added, "Creating an unfair system and then calling for fairness is nothing but pretending to be blind."

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