Seoul GED Pass Rate 87.95%... Oldest Passer in Their 80s

Severe Physical Disability Patient Lee Song-i Passes Consecutively from Elementary to High School Graduation

The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education announced on the 9th that 4,340 people took the first elementary, middle, and high school graduation equivalency exams this year, with 3,817 passing. The pass rate was 87.95%, slightly higher than last year's average pass rate of 86.6%.

In this exam, Lee Song-yi (31), a person with severe physical disabilities who passed the elementary and middle school equivalency exams last year, used the "Visiting Equivalency Exam Service" to take the high school exam and passed.

The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education provides the "Visiting Equivalency Exam Service," which allows examinees with severe physical disabilities who have difficulty moving to use their homes or welfare centers they attend as test sites.

Park In-hwan (18), a person with physical disabilities due to brain lesions who has difficulty moving, also passed the high school exam with excellent scores, including a perfect score of 100 in Social Studies and Korean History, through the same service.

The oldest person to pass was Mr. Kim in his 80s, who took the elementary school exam, and the youngest was Seo-won Kim (11), who also took the elementary school exam.

All 10 COVID-19 positive examinees who took the exam at separate test sites passed.

Certificates of passing can be collected on the 9th and 10th at the auditorium on the 2nd floor of the School Health Promotion Center of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education.

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