This Year, Only the Lunch Break During the CSAT Will Have '3-Sided Partitions' Installed

Announcement of 2022 College Entrance Exam Management Directions
No 'Full Partition' in Last Year's CSAT This Year
Symptomatic Test Takers in Separate Exam Rooms, Isolated Individuals in Separate Venues
Vaccination Completion for Examinees Expected by Mid-September
Interviews and Practical Exams for Symptomatic Test Takers in Separate Venues

This year, instead of full partitions, three-sided partitions will be installed only during lunchtime at the CSAT exam sites. Symptomatic individuals and those in quarantine will take the exam in separate rooms or venues, while confirmed cases will take the exam at designated hospitals.

On the 5th, the Ministry of Education announced the '2022 College Entrance Exam Management Guidelines' after gathering opinions from metropolitan and provincial education offices, universities, infectious disease experts, and consulting with quarantine authorities.

The Ministry of Education will classify examinees into general, quarantined, and confirmed groups to minimize the risk of infection among examinees and the local community and to maximize support for their advancement opportunities.

General examinees will take the exam at the general test sites they were informed of in advance, while quarantined examinees will take the exam at separate venues. After a fever check, if symptoms are present, the examinee will take the exam in a separate room prepared within the test site. In this area, examinees will maintain a distance of at least 2 meters from each other.

Examinees must wear masks on the day of the CSAT. Up to 24 examinees will be seated in a general exam room, and three-sided partitions will be installed on desks only during lunchtime. This measure reflects examinees' complaints that partitions make desks narrower and interfere with the exam. Ventilation will be conducted during breaks and lunchtime.

Separate venues for quarantined examinees and hospital or residential treatment center exam sites for confirmed examinees will be prepared by early October. The Ministry of Education will promote the procurement of quarantine supplies, pre-education, and infectious disease prevention education, and detailed quarantine guidelines will be provided to metropolitan and provincial education offices in September.

Vaccination for examinees is planned to be completed by mid-September. Third-year high school students will start their second dose from the 20th, and graduates and repeat test-takers will begin their first dose from the 10th and complete it by September 11.

The Ministry of Education recommended that universities provide all applicants with the opportunity to participate in university-specific evaluations such as interviews and practical tests as much as possible. For those in self-quarantine, unless it compromises fairness or is impossible due to the nature of the test, opportunities should be provided in all selection processes. For confirmed cases who cannot leave the hospital, universities are advised to decide on support for participation considering their management capacity and risk level.

Before conducting university-specific evaluations, universities must prepare general test sites, separate sites for symptomatic individuals, and quarantine test sites according to the type of examinee. The Ministry of Education will operate a university evaluation task force in cooperation with the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency and the Korea Council for University Education. Information on quarantined and confirmed applicants will be identified in advance and provided to universities.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Yoo Eun-hye said, "We plan to closely cooperate with universities, education offices, and quarantine authorities to minimize the risk of infection among examinees and the local community," and added, "We ask examinees and the public to comply with quarantine rules such as social distancing in daily life to help examinees prepare for college entrance exams in a safer environment."

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