High Schools Switch to Remote Classes One Week Before Suneung... Universities and Multi-use Facilities Undergo Disinfection Inspections

PCR Testing for Examinees at Public Health Centers Until 10 PM the Night Before
Separate Test Sites Secured at Hospitals and Residential Treatment Centers
Focused Inspection of Multi-use Facilities and University Quarantine Measures Underway

On the 1st, third-year high school students at Sangam High School in Mapo-gu, Seoul, are preparing for the September mock test of the 2022 College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT). Photo by Kang Jin-hyeong aymsdream@

All high schools will switch to remote classes starting one week before the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) scheduled for November 18 to ensure thorough quarantine measures. Health centers will operate until 10 PM the night before the exam to allow test takers to receive COVID-19 tests promptly.

On the 4th, the Ministry of Education announced that it will implement focused quarantine management to safely conduct the CSAT and university-specific admissions. Intensive quarantine inspections will be carried out at multi-use facilities frequently visited by test takers and universities preparing for their individual admissions.

To protect test takers and supervisors, all high schools will switch to remote classes starting November 11, one week before the exam. On November 17, the day before the CSAT, health centers will conduct rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for CSAT applicants and extend testing hours until 10 PM.

Test takers who receive positive test results or self-quarantine notices must immediately notify their local education office to receive necessary support for taking the CSAT.

On the day of the CSAT, test sites will be separated according to test taker types. They will be operated as general test sites, separate test sites, and hospital/living treatment centers. Confirmed cases will take the exam at hospitals or living treatment centers, self-quarantined individuals at separate test sites, and symptomatic individuals in separate test rooms.

The Ministry of Education has secured a total of 1,393 sites, including 1,251 general test sites, 112 separate test sites (620 rooms), and 30 hospital/living treatment centers with 244 beds.

The Ministry of Education will conduct quarantine inspections targeting metropolitan and provincial education offices and 320 nationwide private academies, and will cooperate with city, county, and district offices to inspect quarantine conditions at PC rooms, karaoke rooms, and study cafes. From the 1st to the 12th, on-site quarantine inspections at universities will verify quarantine plans and preparation status, and cooperation will be sought for quarantine management and order maintenance around university areas.

Starting three weeks before the CSAT, the Ministry of Education, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, and the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation have been monitoring daily the occurrence of confirmed and quarantined test takers. Additional hospital and living treatment center test sites will be secured in regions where confirmed cases are increasing.

Furthermore, the Ministry of Education emphasized the importance of participation by test takers and their families to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection. Test takers are advised to refrain from small gatherings and using multi-use facilities, and families of test takers should avoid dining gatherings, meetings, ceremonial events, and success prayer events to minimize external contacts.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Yoo Eun-hye stated, "To safely conduct the CSAT and university-specific admissions, it is important not only for the government to make efforts but also for test takers and their families to comply with quarantine rules. We ask all citizens to cooperate in following quarantine guidelines so that test takers can prepare for university entrance safely."

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