Seoul National University, Korea University, and Others Show 'Insufficient' Efforts in High School Education Collaboration... Support Budget Cut

Ministry of Education Announces Annual Evaluation of University Support Project Contributing to High School Education

Some universities, including Seoul National University and Korea University, have been evaluated as insufficient in their efforts to alleviate the admission burden on examinees, resulting in budget cuts for their support projects.

On the 17th, the Ministry of Education announced the results of the 2023 annual evaluation of the 'University Support Project Contributing to High School Education.'

On the 9th, the day of distribution of the 2023 College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) score reports, a high school senior is looking at the CSAT score report at Gyeongbok High School in Jongno-gu, Seoul. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

The University Support Project Contributing to High School Education is a government-funded program that provides financial support for three years (two years of support followed by a re-selection evaluation for an additional one year) to universities that design college admission processes reflecting high school curricula and enhance evaluation capabilities to improve fairness in college admissions.

The current project period covers three academic years from 2022 to 2024.

In the second year of the project, this year, only the project budget was adjusted after reviewing the admission plans for the 2024 and 2025 academic years of the universities selected last year, and no universities were disqualified.

According to the evaluation results, among the 91 universities subject to the project, 17 universities including Sookmyung Women's University, Inha University, and CHA University received an 'Excellent' rating; 58 universities including Sungkyunkwan University, Yonsei University, Ewha Womans University, and Hanyang University received a 'Normal' rating; and 16 universities including Korea University, Sogang University, and Seoul National University were classified as 'Insufficient.'

The Ministry of Education did not disclose detailed information about individual university evaluations but stated that this year, the inspection of whether universities operate admission processes aligned with the 2015 revised curriculum's intent of integrating liberal arts and sciences was strengthened compared to last year.

It appears that efforts to resolve the so-called 'liberal arts invasion,' where students who took calculus in mathematics apply to humanities and social sciences departments based on high standardized scores, influenced the evaluation.

Universities rated 'Excellent' will receive an additional 20% of the project budget, while those rated 'Insufficient' will have their project budget cut by 20% and will receive additional counseling (consulting).

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